Matrix Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Why it matters: Are you one of the holdouts who refuse to upgrade from Windows 7? If so, then you might want to seriously consider switching to Windows 10 within the next 12 months. On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer support its older OS, bringing an end to security updates—unless you’re a business willing to pay for them. Having been released way back in 2009, Windows 7 exited mainstream support and entered its extended support phase in January 2015, which meant users could still get free critical security patches, bug fixes, and technical support for the next five years. With the extended support period’s end date now on the horizon, it might be time to jump ship and land on Windows 10. Despite being released in middle of 2015, the latest version of the OS only surpassed Windows 7’s popularity last month, according to Net Market Share. That still leaves Win 7 in second place with a near 37 percent share of the market, only 2 percent less than Windows 10, but that gap is expected to increase drastically across 2019. Enterprise users still account for much of Windows 7’s popularity. According to Kollective, 43 percent of businesses still run the near ten-year-old platform. It’s a different story when it comes to gamers, though, with 64 percent of Steam users preferring Windows 10, compared to the 26 percent that use Windows 7. As it has done with previous version of its OS, Microsoft is offering paid support options after January 14 next year, though the format is changing slightly. The extended security updates will be available to all Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise customers with volume licensing through January 2023. The company is charging on a per-device basis, with the price increasing every year. Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Will you abandon Windows 7 before I leave Windows XP? Weaklings, muahahahaha! Interesting that Windows XP's share is still greater than Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhruv Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Microsoft is killing windows 7 so users upgrade windows 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakin206 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Dhruv said: Microsoft is killing windows 7 so users upgrade windows 10 Everybody said the same with Windows 98 and Windows XP, then with Windows XP and Windows 7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpkRAKE Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Apart from using a newer ISO with SP1, I have only ever needed to install 2 patches for win7 (codec update to stop Firefox complaining and a root certificates update) End of support makes no difference to me at this time. It`s not the OS that`s made it necessary to upgrade in the past but the software/drivers that stop working or being supported for one reason or another. I`d probably still be on W2K otherwise 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushdie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Windows 7 is their best OS yet. Windows 10 fails me once in three months and this has been like routine. I have kept Windows 7 on another partition which has always kept running. And it has been something like my last resort. So Windows 10 would not be my mainstream OS at least for a couple of years which I think would be the minimum time when I it would mature enough to give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, rushdie said: So Windows 10 would not be my mainstream OS at least for a couple of years which I think would be the minimum time when I it would mature enough to give it a go. Not sure how an OS that gets changed every 6 months can ever be described as mature. Previous Windows had their feature set set in concrete when released. Windows 10's feature set is set in jelly/jello. That said, I think you're wise deferring moving to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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