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They did. Windows 7 came out 11 years ago in October 2009. Mainstream support ended January 2015, which is fine, but those who paid could get support up through
by colejohnson66 6y ago
They did. Windows 7 came out 11 years ago in October 2009. Mainstream support ended January 2015, which is fine, but those who paid could get support up through January 2020. That’s just over ten years of support - same as Ubuntu LTS (10 versus the regular 5).
Not to mention Windows 8 came out in October 2012 (with 8.1 the next year) and Windows 10 came out July 2015. I think it’s reasonable for Microsoft to want people to upgrade within 11 years at least once. Especially since Windows 10’s been out for over five years.
- addicted 6y agoFor context, Windows 7 came out when OS X Snow Leopard did.
- apocalyptic0n3 6y agoFor more context, the last Snow Leopard update was July 25, 2011 and was completely unsupported as of February 25, 2014 (although an update for the App Store was released in 2016). Windows 7 received updates through 2019, general support was dropped on January 13, 2015 and extended support dropped on January 14, 2020. The support period for Windows 7 was mightily impressive in comparison to the competition in this case, although the upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion was easier than Windows 7 to 10 (excluding dropping Rosetta and ending PowerPC support)
- fomine3 6y agoExtended support until 2020/01 won't need to be paid as we know. Need to pay for Extended Security Update if you still need to receive security updates now.