Windows 10 is dying next week, for a given value of “dying.” Microsoft is offering extended security support with some strings , and it’s not like we haven’t seen major Windows releases go out of service before… but we’re in a very different world than when Windows 8 faded away. Google is making the best of it, offering up Chromebooks and ChromeOS as a less aggravating alternative.

“Time for a new laptop? Get Chromebook Plus,” says an advertisement on Google’s home page, apparently shown to Windows 10 users who have probably heard that their PC’s days are numbered.

“With security fixes for Windows 10 ending this October, switch to the laptop that has never had a virus,” it goes on, in contextual ads spotted by Windows Latest . The linked page shows off a scary blue screen on a dated-

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