What are the coverage dates for the three Windows 7 ESU SKUs?
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates 2020: January 14, 2020 - January 12, 2021
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates 2021: January 13, 2021 - January 11, 2022
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates 2022: January 12, 2022 - January 10, 2023
It really doesn't to businesses. Many places I've worked didn't upgrade the OS until they did a hardware refresh.
In fairness I’ve been a Mac user since 2007, but even with my occasional flirtations with Windows, I’ve not used anything higher than 10.
My wife’s machine is running 10. I heard her trying to install 11 via a VM the other day to see how she got on with it, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone swear at a computer quite so much in quite so short a period of time.
Her machine is still running 10.
Neither of my old Windows boxes will run 11, so they won't run 12 either. And I'm oh so broken up about it.
Looks like your boxes will soon need to meet a new antarctic friend.
Most of my machines, including my daily driver, run Linux. I've got one old windows laptop that I use (via NoMachine) to run Fusion360 on. And we have a 5+ year old Surface Pro that my wife uses for Dice Maker (a windows only program).
I used it for about 6 months, and I just couldn't take it. I wiped it and installed Windows 10.
Huh, and I've never even used Windows 11...
I didn't even know it had released yet. And at my job they're still using 10.
11 is almost just a reskin of 10
Except with a lot of features removed.
At my job there are many computers with Windows 7 still. I guess it doesn't really matter as long as the software we need keeps working.
Are those computers connected to the internet? Security updates for windows 7 were stopped in 2020.
Microsoft will support 7 patches if you pay them
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/windows-7-eos-faq/windows-7-extended-security-updates-faq
That ship just sailed.
What are the coverage dates for the three Windows 7 ESU SKUs?
It really doesn't to businesses. Many places I've worked didn't upgrade the OS until they did a hardware refresh.
In fairness I’ve been a Mac user since 2007, but even with my occasional flirtations with Windows, I’ve not used anything higher than 10.
My wife’s machine is running 10. I heard her trying to install 11 via a VM the other day to see how she got on with it, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone swear at a computer quite so much in quite so short a period of time.
Her machine is still running 10.
Neither of my old Windows boxes will run 11, so they won't run 12 either. And I'm oh so broken up about it.
Looks like your boxes will soon need to meet a new antarctic friend.
Most of my machines, including my daily driver, run Linux. I've got one old windows laptop that I use (via NoMachine) to run Fusion360 on. And we have a 5+ year old Surface Pro that my wife uses for Dice Maker (a windows only program).
I used it for about 6 months, and I just couldn't take it. I wiped it and installed Windows 10.