This may be the end of buying a new Windows 7 PC.

One way to do it: Make yourself a system builder.
System Builder OEMs: White-box PC makers who purchase OEM System Builder media for installation on new PCs can continue to build and sell those PCs. Microsoft won't be stocking the channel with new OEM media, but past experience suggests there will be plenty of inventory for years to come.

Or just buy OEM media and wipe Windows 10 - replace with Win7. Not all that easy on a UEFI system but most still have legacy settings. It's a little tougher given that OEM media is usually specific to the mfr hardware. So you can't just buy any old PC and put a Dell OEM DVD on it. You'd need drivers.

You can still downgrade those Win10 machines to 7 or 8.1, until MS decides NOT to support Win7 or 8.1 anymore.

End of sale - not the same as end of support.

I still suggest Linux and WINE for your windows 7 apps, but that's even more convoluted...and you still need the .exe's and to dual-boot... long term though, Linux has come a long way and JUST about provides replacements for Microsoft apps. It's the troubleshooting and updates that'll really annoy you.

Good riddance. As an IT professional, I hate having to support Windows 7 until 2025, or further. It is so slow and cumbersome compared to Windows 8 and 10. On the flip side, a lot of the software vendors I have to deal with still think Windows 7 is new, and are resistant to upgrading their software from the Windows XP days.

When I ask my software vendors about windows 10 support, the answer "Oh that just came out, it'll be a while yet" it really boils my blood. For a developer registered with Microsoft Win 10 has been available more than two years now - plus the background API and internal guts aren't really that different from Win 8 in terms of software development - and that's been out more than four years now.

I've found that once you tweak Win10 a little bit, it's really not much different than Win7. Most of my work PCs use 7, and I have 10 at home. It's not difficult to move back and forth.

I missed being able to find some items easily in Win10, and don't like having to do a search all the time. Once I found the control panel, I pinned it to the task bar, and all the nitty-gritty stuff is easily found.

The main thing I dislike is the removal of the basic photo viewer & manager. Surprisingly, if you want to do some simple edits of pictures, you can open a Word document, insert the picture, and do quite a bit of editing within Word. Then right-click and save the edited picture.

coolmom42 wrote:

I missed being able to find some items easily in Win10, and don't like having to do a search all the time. Once I found the control panel, I pinned it to the task bar, and all the nitty-gritty stuff is easily found.

All you need is... GODMODE

Windows 10 is what Windows 7 and 8 should have been. Get to know it. It's isn't going anywhere...

Just load win 7 on a mac and be done with it....you'll have it AND reliability.

Fizz wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:

I missed being able to find some items easily in Win10, and don't like having to do a search all the time. Once I found the control panel, I pinned it to the task bar, and all the nitty-gritty stuff is easily found.

All you need is... GODMODE

That GODMODE is really neat! Thank you Fizz. :)
Barney

Look online for a "terminal server Win 7" and you should get your "fix" for this (for later on)

As an IT professional, I hate having to support Windows 7 until 2025, or further. It is so slow and cumbersome compared to Windows 8 and 10.

As a tech-savvy user, I hate it every time I have to use win 8 or 10. They're both slower than 7, and 10 feels like its primary purpose is a storefront for microsoft.

road-runner wrote:

As an IT professional, I hate having to support Windows 7 until 2025, or further. It is so slow and cumbersome compared to Windows 8 and 10.

As a tech-savvy user, I hate it every time I have to use win 8 or 10. They're both slower than 7, and 10 feels like its primary purpose is a storefront for microsoft.

I'll second that. The auto update is the worst thing they have tried to stick up our butts EVER. The only thing 10 does better is start and stop quicker.