Windows 7 support ending Jan. 14, 2020

[GeneV]

Lol he's got a "kill file"?!! Does all the bad stuff go in there? Snowflakes and their safe spaces.

Anyways, to normal people wondering about whether to update to win10, it's probably a good idea. Here's a link for those worried about older software compatibility, it's old news but should still apply.

 

[Welshman]

Wrong!. I use Firefox, but Edge works fine on My win7 computer!!.. oh, and Kaspersky total Security takes care of any vulnerabilities win 7 might have..

Is this the beta version? How did you install it? Any issues with Netflix?

 

[rekees4300]

Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10? Here's a useful article to help grease the skids.

How to Make Windows 10 Feel More Like Windows 7 | PCMag.com

 

[zzvyb6]

You can get support for windows from an apple laptop.

 

[FTG-05]

Here's a good article explaining the options.

Windows 7 dies in a month's time: How to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10 | PCWorld

I'm debating between Option 1 (do nothing) and Option 4 (buy a new PC.

I bought this PC direct from Dell in 2012. All my non-program files (documents, pics, etc etc) are on internally added or external hard drives; so they should be removable and added to the new machine. The only thing on the main PC SSD hard drive are the program files.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm debating between Option 1 (do nothing) and Option 4 (buy a new PC.

I bought this PC direct from Dell in 2012. All my non-program files (documents, pics, etc etc) are on internally added or external hard drives; so they should be removable and added to the new machine. The only thing on the main PC SSD hard drive are the program files.

My approach is to do nothing until either my current computer goes feet up or gets so obsolete something I need/want to run won't. When that happens, buy new PC.

I'm careful with my browsing, and keep image backups so even if I do get attacked, I can just restore the image and I'll be at a pre-infection point. No need to panic.
I still run a couple XP machines for things that don't need to see the internet, or for remote access (via Teamviewer or something similar) to clients' networks.

 

[ultrarunner]

The entire company with 60k employees uses Windows 7

IT has assured us support will continue for enterprise users...

Maybe it is just a phase out that has started?

 

[cqaigy2]

There's a couple embedded versions that look to have support till 2021

 

[Threepoint]

I'm debating between Option 1 (do nothing) and Option 4 (buy a new PC.

I bought this PC direct from Dell in 2012. All my non-program files (documents, pics, etc etc) are on internally added or external hard drives; so they should be removable and added to the new machine. The only thing on the main PC SSD hard drive are the program files.

If you are happy with your current PC and it meets the requirements for Windows 10, why not just download and install Windows 10 for free and see how that works for you? Rather than buy a new PC at this point. You'll still have that option.

 

[/pine]

If you are happy with your current PC and it meets the requirements for Windows 10, why not just download and install Windows 10 for free and see how that works for you? Rather than buy a new PC at this point. You'll still have that option.

No such thing as free when it comes to commercial software...read the complete and entire TOS and user agreement that you have to agree to to install about any commercial software product...!