You can currently get Windows 11 Pro for life for just $9.97

TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro while it’s on sale for just $9.97 through July 1.

Microsoft stopped pushing security updates to Windows 10 last October, and anyone still running it has spent months without the steady stream of patches that keep an operating system safe, but upgrading is finally affordable. Through July 1, you can get Windows 11 Pro on sale for only $9.97 (reg. $199).

Windows 11 Pro comes with a wide range of upgrades over previous versions. BitLocker encrypts your whole drive, so if your laptop gets stolen, nobody can pull files off the disk. Hyper-V runs a second operating system inside Windows, so you can spin up Linux or another build of Windows in a window without dual-booting. Windows Sandbox creates a clean, throwaway copy of Windows for opening a sketchy file or testing an unknown app, then closing it without anything touching your real install. Azure AD connects the machine to work accounts through Microsoft 365.

Snap layouts let you drag a window to the edge of the screen and drop it into a preset grid alongside your other open apps. DirectX 12 Ultimate runs modern games with ray tracing and variable rate shading at full quality. Copilot lives in the taskbar to answer questions, summarize long web pages, or draft content on demand. Windows Hello signs you in with your face or fingerprint through the TPM 2.0 chip, so you don’t have to type a password every time you open the lid.

Until July 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT, get Windows 11 Pro on sale for just $9.97.

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