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What does windows 7 support life cycle ending in 2020 mean
What are the ramifications of it ending in 2020 and will windows 7 still be usable then. Thanks
What are the ramifications of it ending in 2020 and will windows 7 still be usable then. Thanks
It will still be usable but there will be no security or other updates after that point.
Yes, it will still be usable then and also in 10 or 100 yrs time.
It means W7 will no longer receive any updates or support to fix bugs etc. Security updates will finish. Manufacturers will no longer support it to, and so things like printers and other new hardware will not be guaranteed to work with it. 3rd party browsers will also drop out of support leaving W7 an increasingly outdated and insecure platform. That won't happen overnight, it will be gradual, but that is what will happen. Manufacturers of security programs will also drop out of supporting an old system.
My Win7 64 bit pro will be offline before 2020, I've bought a laptop for surfing the web and I'm going to put Linux Cinnamon 18.1 on it, I should have done this when Win10 first came out and all this snooping by Microsoft came out into the open.
Their very well be another option.
My crystal is broken so I can only speculate.
By 2020 Microsoft will have W-10 working very well for most. Well enough for me to buy.
Jack
Hello Everyone, I have a new Windows 10 pc, and I do not mind using it even though Windows 7 is still
my number one. I am aware of the spying issue, but I do agree also, that none of us know how different it
will be over the next couple of years. I think Microsoft is my preference as I like stability in a system, and
they do make stable systems.