Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE next year, five years after it launched the operating system on low-cost laptops that were designed to compete with Google Chromebooks. Windows 11 SE was only available on devices for education customers, such as schools, and it was supposed to convince them not to switch to Chrome OS.

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE, its latest attempt to turn its operating system into a ChromeOS competitor.

As well as sunsetting Windows 10 support, Microsoft has quietly revealed that one version of Windows 11, geared to lower-cost devices, is being closed down.