content: It won't be dead until it isn't shipping on 99% of desktops and laptops. The death of the laptop and desktop is overstated.  Phones still don't replace them in a number of ways, and TBH there are an increasing number of people out there who don't want to replace their existing unit; many are satisfied with the computer and OS they have.  While most of those OS's are not Windows 10, they're still Windows.  Which is admittedly not a good sign for Microsoft, but they'd probably rather you run an old version of Windows than any version of desktop Linux. Mind you, I'm open to the possibility of the laptop/desktop as we know it receding dramatically and Windows ending up washed up with it, but I think many of these declarations are premature and are embraced in the media in part because they get eyeballs.  But the equation is more complicated than "X desktops sold in Y period of time."  Furthermore, there's also the fact that there is a lot of redefinition of the form factor rather than actually moving away from a platform, e.g. "2-in-1" tablet-laptop hybrids and "compute stick" style PCs. They indifference to, and disdain for, their customers (at least, their home customers, AKA beta testers), is more of a symptom of their dominance than anything else.  They can be afford to be arrogant and there are a lot of people who have no choice but to continue to use an updated machine.  I've spoken to a number of people who run Windows 10 because they got up one day and the EULA was plastered over the screen, waiting for their approval, with their previously working Windows 7 installations gone from the face of the Earth, and without the skill to bring it back.