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

[Trackrig]

It looks like manufacturers of PCs will no longer be allowed to build PCs with Windows 7 anymore, though inventory can be sold until it's gone. If you can't stand Windows 10 and need a new Windows machine, this is the time to buy it.

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Bill

[fj12ryder]

Mine have been updating on a regular basis. Just did a couple updates yesterday, and a couple more today.

[GordonThree]

jackquontee wrote:
Is Microsoft even supporting Windows 7 anymore? I haven't been able to perform an update on mine in some months now.

Mainstream support is done, however serious security / operational flaws that are discovered will still be patched for the next 4 years or so, 2020...

[jackquontee]

Is Microsoft even supporting Windows 7 anymore? I haven't been able to perform an update on mine in some months now.

[GordonThree]

road-runner wrote:
I ran across this article about Levono adding Windows bloatware and spyware from the BIOS. There are multiple sources confirming it, and Levono has made a BIOS update available to remove it, so I assume it's true. It started with Windows 7. Won't it be ironic is the best "upgrade" for Windows turns out to be going back to XP?

CAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOS

I'll never buy a Lenovo product. I was really disappointed when they bought Motorola from Google.

[road-runner]

I ran across this article about Levono adding Windows bloatware and spyware from the BIOS. There are multiple sources confirming it, and Levono has made a BIOS update available to remove it, so I assume it's true. It started with Windows 7. Won't it be ironic is the best "upgrade" for Windows turns out to be going back to XP?

CAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOS

[Chris_Bryant]

I have managed to buy 2 off the shelf, name brand computers without Windows of any kind- a Dell laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled, and later a Lenovo Server- quad core, 16gb memory, no hard drive, no OS box for just over $330. I have win7 on a virtual machine should I ever need it- the only thing I use it for now is Turbo Tax, and I could get away from that reasonably easily.

[az99]

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.

[road-runner]

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.

[FrankShore]

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

[BarneyS]

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

[tmartin000]

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

[sch911]

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

[Fizz]

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

[coolmom42]

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.