What Happens When Windows 7 DIES? #Helpful Post

when Windows 10 launched in 2015 PC

users were confronted with a dilemma

Microsoft had in many enthusiasts eyes

been making blunder after blunder in

their efforts to turn what we all

thought was a perfectly functional

operating system into some kind of idiot

friendly touchscreen fisher-price

looking nonsense and on top of trying to

fix what ain't broke Microsoft wanted

unprecedented access to their users data

and resolved to just force system

updates when you're right in the middle

of something

and all for what DirectX 12 so many

power users ended up sticking with

Windows 7 and are still using it today

but they have a problem if you're one of

these individuals you now have less than

one year before Microsoft cuts off

Windows 7 you may not want to risk an

upgrade but as Aragorn said to fit in in

the Great Hall of EDS upgrading is upon

you whether you would risk it or not

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now you might not realize this but in

spite of Microsoft practically giving

away Windows 10 even to those with

pirated installations most users stuck

with Windows 7

rather than upgrading either to eight or

ten something that only finally changed

late last year in December net market

share reported that Windows 10

installations rose above Windows 7 for

the first time and now account for

nearly 41 percent of the user base

compared to Windows 7 37 percent now

hopefully that number is going to

continue to go down as we get closer to

January 14 2020 the day that Windows 7

dies because otherwise we are gonna have

some serious problems because yes yes ok

Windows 7 it's not gonna die it's not

like you just turn on your computer and

it doesn't turn on anymore

it's just going to stop receiving

feature updates bug fixes and most

importantly security updates which are

very important if you want to I don't

know continue Oh safe using the Internet

now as it did for previous versions of

Windows Microsoft is offering extended

security updates or yes you ECU for

Windows 7 enterprise and pro additions

up until January 2023 but this extended

the update service won't come cheap and

adding insult to injury the price will

double each year so three years of

support is gonna cost a hundred and

seventy-five bucks for enterprise

licenses and three hundred and fifty for

windows 7 pro og also if you're a mega

ball or PC gamer thinking yeah no

problem 350 bucks looks like what mid

tier graphics card

sorry I've got some bad news for you too

ESU is only available for volume license

subscriptions which are usually held by

companies or schools so business is

running Windows 7 machines on

Microsoft's Azure cloud as part of the

Windows virtual desktop program those

folks get ESU for free

but again baller gamers I would imagine

that scenario doesn't apply to you so

then if you're just a regular Windows 7

user with a personal license what can

you do well before we get too deep into

your options let's take a look at why

people want to hold on to Windows 7 like

that grudge against their brother for

stealing the last piece of their

birthday cake even though they told them

that they were saving it for later and

hid it away way in the back of the

fridge so you wouldn't know it was there

Windows 7 was is kind of fantastic it's

mature stable and reliable and offers a

great amount of control over the way it

behaves its interface is functional

familiar and extremely customizable and

it's got all your settings just the way

that you like them

I mean furthermore I wouldn't be

surprised if anyone upgrading now has a

program or two that would either require

a new not to mention costly license to

run on Windows 10 or that isn't

available for it at all and there's

other little creature comforts typing in

the search bar retrieves results that

make sense instead of a Windows setting

you weren't looking for or a web result

from big windows 7 doesn't incessantly

ask you to send more of your personal

information to Microsoft or decide on

its own when it's time to update whether

you like it or not

updates are available sorry you know

what I'm actually kind of in the middle

of something kind of Roger that updating

now but as awesome as Windows 7 is there

are quite a few cons to staying with it

past the end date for extended support

besides lacking the latest antivirus

protections Windows 7 won't have Windows

10 features like device guard UEFI

secure boot and Windows hello which

offer higher overall security for your

system and while gaming performance is

about the same some things like system

boot times are slower in Windows 7

compared to Windows 10 so it turns out

Microsoft software engineers weren't

sitting around playing beer pong for the

last 78 years also if you're worried

about future proofing at all which you

should be at least a little bit Windows

7 is not a great bet as software and

even hardware makers eventually do stop

providing support for legacy operating

systems so even if you pay for es you

support only lasts for three years and

costs more than a Windows 10 license and

you might be able to upgrade for free

anyway yep

even though Microsoft officially ended

their offer for a free upgrade to

Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8 many

users have reported successful fully

activated upgrades by using Microsoft's

official upgrade utility and even if you

have to pay bare with me for a moment

here

Windows 10 might not be as bad as you

think there are a lot of happy users out

there who appreciate its combination of

the efficiency and customization of

Windows 7 and the modern design of

Windows 8 and despite Microsoft's best

efforts there is actually a fair bit

that you can do to minimize their data

collection and postpone system updates

until absolutely necessary or at least

until it's convenient so we're gonna

have some resources for you guys for

this linked in the video description but

let's say you drop a line at Windows 10

fine you say I'll stop using Windows 7

but hashtag never Windows 10 whoo

tell you guys are serious cuz that

hashtag there well for you guys there

are other options first up there's

Windows 8.1

I mean I doubt that you guys have stuck

with Windows 7 for this long just to get

into the OS that Gabe Newell called a

catastrophe and it's data collection and

update system are kind of similar to

Windows 10 but at least it'll be getting

security updates though realistically

now that Microsoft has learned from

their mistake of supporting Windows XP

for like ever

that'll probably only buy you a couple

of years so maybe that's not a great

option so then what how about Oh Mac OS

while Apple's desktop OS has come a long

way and is obviously used by many tech

enthusiasts the thing is I don't see

many windows 7 diehards willingly

affecting to apples Camp Plus you would

need to either buy a totally new

computer or begin the long arduous

process of trying to turn your existing

PC into a hackintosh now it might be

doable but even most hackintosh

enthusiasts are pretty open about what a

finicky experience that is leaving Linux

now a couple of years ago I would have

said that that's madness

but Linux is a more viable option than

ever before even for gamers now we're

planning another follow-up video on

Valve's proton compatibility software

but for now the main thing you need to

know about it is that it makes an ever

growing list of Windows games run

flawlessly on Linux and community

reports indicate that thousands more run

pretty well as for the non-gamers

popular Linux distros like Ubuntu work

great for productivity focused views

especially if the majority of your work

is done on the web and there are even

distros that borrow heavily from Windows

for their interface like Linux Mint so

your homesickness will at least be saved

a little and then of course there's the

last option stick with Windows 7

hold fast as your destruction edges ever

closer so you goodbye

to hardware or software upgrades and

just well just don't browse the internet

after January 14th 2012 with regards to

that option I mean you know what

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