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Let's give also credit to 8.1 - it was quite usable.
by soco 4y ago
Let's give also credit to 8.1 - it was quite usable.
- miffy900 4y agoYes it was better than 8.0, but 8.x definitely did not sell as well as Windows 7. Windows 7 got 3 years of ESU (extended security updates), which MS did not bother with Winodws 8 because there wasn't the install base worth the effort (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-support-ended-on-january-10-2023-3cfd4cde-f611-496a-8057-923fba401e93 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-supp...). It was the same with Vista - it's predecessor, Windows XP, was supported until 2014, which was 2 years more than Vista got