Posted on 07/08/2014 10:05:09 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Microsoft will end free mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015.
That means no more security patches if hackers find holes, no more updated features or performance improvements.
This move will mostly affect consumers. Businesses that pay for extended Windows 7 support, as most of them do, will be supported for another five years, until January 14, 2020.
That's important, because many businesses are right now are in the process of upgrading their old Windows XP PCs, but they're moving to Windows 7, not Windows 8.
There's some speculation that, given the popularity of Windows 7, Microsoft might change its mind as the date nears and continue to support it a bit longer, like it did for Windows XP.
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I did that in March of last year. I paid a little over $1600 for a MacBook Pro. It became a real hassle for me to use. I need to have a CAC card reader hooked up so I can read my DOD email. The install for a Mac was a big deal. I never got it done. Then, you use one finger on the mouse pad to do one function, two for another and three for another. You are supposed to be able to tap on the mouse pad to emulate the left click of the mouse, but sometimes you had to push the center of the mouse pad and hear a click before anything would happen. I finally spent just over $300 at Amazon for a Windows 7 machine that immediately recognized my CAC card reader and the operation was familiar and easy for me.
My Mac sold on EBay for $782 last Saturday night. I would advise you to buy a used Mac or you will have to lose a lot of money if you are unhappy with it.
Oops. I forgot to turn off the italics.
What about purging MS 7 and going to Linux?
I don’t know if I am smart enough to do that.
OK.
Yeah, we have to upgrade all our Win2k3 servers in the next year because support is over. Win7 is gone?
Sounds like BS to me.
This isn't some lame Yahoo, NPR, or CNN board. Color me naive, but I like to think we're all one big happy, dysfunctional, Freeper family.
If you don't feel that way, well shucks, I'll remember to steer clear of Mr. Grumpy Fpreeper (Hey - you kids!! get off my lawn!!)
Same here - and agree...
So true. In the ‘90s my employer, with operations in 25+ states and 5 continents, was a beta tester for MS. We didn’t get to switch from 3.11 to 95 until mid ‘97.
“Where do you get it and how would you go about replacing MS 7?”
I would recommend Linux Mint version 16, because version 17 just came out and will undoubtedly need some time for a few bugs to be ironed out. That is pretty typical of new software releases. You can always install the newer version later when it matures.
1) Specifically, I would recommend Linux Mint 16 “Petra” - MATE (32-bit). Here is a link where you can download a Linux image file: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=145
2) After you have downloaded the Linux .ISO image file to your Windows PC, then you will need create a bootable Linux disk on a DVD from that image. This assumes that you have a DVD burner and related burning software already installed on your Windows PC. I think most disk burning software nowadays is able to create a bootable disk from an .ISO image file.
3) Shut down your Windows PC and reboot it from the DVD that you created. You will be able to “test drive” Linux without actually installing it. Later, if you decide that you want to create a permanent installation of Linux, you will be able to do by clicking an icon on the Linux desktop. I have not tried installing Linux side-by-side with Windows 7 and won’t guarantee that you could do that. I always tell the Linux installation program to overwrite the whole disk. Good-bye, Windows!
Thanks
Are there “aftermarket” maintenance resources now for Win XP?
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