Microsoft has now stopped its mainstream support for the
popular Windows 7 operating system. As from 13th January, this
withdrawal of this service came into play nine months after they did the same
with Office 2003 and Windows XP.
The move also comes ahead of support termination for its
Windows Server 2003 operating system which is still very much widely used
across the globe.
There will be no further improvements to the Windows 7 but Microsoft
will continue to deliver security patches when needed, until 14 January 2020.
It is estimated that worldwide, 55 per cent of PCs are still
running Windows 7, with Windows 8 accounting for just 12 per cent.
Poor sales of laptop and desktop computers has been blamed
for poor sales of Windows 8 - Intel and Microsoft hope that Windows 10, which
will go back to the original feel of Windows, like version 7, will be more
popular.
Critics did comment that Windows 8 was an attempt to catch
the touchscreen / tablet audience and traditional PC users is the real reason
that it did not sell in the numbers that Microsoft had hoped for. In fact, the
Metro interface alongside a desktop interface just confused many users.
In the meantime, Microsoft are still advising users to install
to Windows 7 or Windows 8 even though they have withdrawn their mainstream
support – and many business have continued using Windows XP despite the lack of
support, especially in the public sector.
After all, changing systems is a costly affair – are we
paying the price for Microsoft’s marketing mistakes? What do you think? Why not
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