The end of Windows 10 means early Surface Hub hardware will be bricking it Beware the meeting room zombies. We don't mean you when you're listening to a colleague reading out a 100-slide PowerPoint presentation, but some expensive Microsoft meeting room hardware that may be obsolete in a few short weeks. money Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support READ …
That's not entirely true, you can run it in replacement pc mode, depending on how many hours the display has been on that could be a fairly solid deal (and many of those things haven't been used all too often).
Although the 55" version is a bit dated (1080p is a bit low dpi these days), and the 4k version requires two dp inputs, which isn't too common on tiny PCs.
First off, this article is a dupe:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/19/microsoft_surface_hub_v1/
As I, and many other commenters said there, installing server 2019 or 2022 on thowe behemoths will elimninate all security risks until early 2030 or 2032 respectively.
And drivers shall not be a problem (especially with server 2019)
Now, whether the cloudy/portal/online part of the service will be happy with that change, is a whole other issue.
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People willingly buy into a hardware setup that is dependent on the provider maintaining support but doesn't guarantee that support? Or is it directly in the contract that you're going to have a room full of pretty bricks after X years?
Imagine buying a hammer that requires you to sign into the cloud before it will hit a nail. Oh brave new world..
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