Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support For Windows 7

jones_supa writes The mainstream support of Microsoft Windows 7 [ended Monday]. The operating system leaving mainstream support means no more platform updates, no new features, and end of free support. Windows 7 will now enter extended support, which means that security updates will keep coming, and support will be offered for charge. The final end of support for Windows 7 will be reached January 14, 2020. Is anyone nostalgic for Windows 7?

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Re:It will get security patches for the next 5 yea

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you still shilling for Microsoft? That story yesterday was debunked when it was revealed that Google gave Microsoft 90 days, and Microsoft had originally asked for another month beyond that.

Android allows upgrades from old devices without loss of functionality (unlike Windows, which deletes features, and adds intentional incompatibility), so the analogy is incorrect here. If you want to complain that the carriers aren't pushing these updates - well, they aren't pushing any security patches either, so it's entirely their fault regardless.

Re:Nostalgic for Windows 7?

[Penguinisto]

I disagree on the costs at first blush...

* you can get each user a Mac Mini, and overall it shouldn't cost any more, and would likely cost less since they're not coming apart as often as the typical Dell or HP workstation.

* unless you have some ungodly incompetent users, the amount of image dump/restores would go down considerably (consider that Winrot means an image dump every 9 months or so on average, while I've had a PowerMac that ran for 3 years on 10.3 then 4 more on 10.5, and no OS reinstalls.)

* while not perfect insofar as security, it is miles better than the typical 'doze box.

* you don't have to put up with as many amateur sysadmins mucking around with the system (a shell prompt tends to scare off the idiots more readily than a DOS-like one.)

I'd be interested to see your numbers and how you compiled them.