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11. Win 7 is scheduled for radio silence in January 2020

Mon Aug 8, 2016, 09:46 AM

Aug 2016

and Win 10 goes oblivious in 2025:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

Meanwhile MS is still selling new Win7 Pro licenses to mfrs. Also Win 10 Pro licenses include rollback rights to earlier versions, going back to Windows 95:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/learn-more/brief-downgrade-rights.aspx

The thorny question is whether you can rollback a rollback when it hits end of support, or whether you forfeit the five extra years promised for 10, in which case you might as well just get 7 to start with? Dunno the answer.

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I have a dell desktop its a government contract I like it .... Historic NY Aug 2016 #1

Computer Suggestions GeoSquared Aug 2016 #2

If you do get Windows 10... Ron Obvious Aug 2016 #3

My computer history started with Win 3.1 OxQQme Aug 2016 #4

dvd ellenrr Aug 2016 #8

It doesn't have native DVD-player software. ucrdem Aug 2016 #10

thanks, my computer guys also said it is no big deal to be able ellenrr Aug 2016 #14

windows 7 ellenrr Aug 2016 #7

Win 7 is scheduled for radio silence in January 2020 ucrdem Aug 2016 #11

refurbished ellenrr Aug 2016 #9