Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
On Jul 13, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: > At 11:22 AM 13/07/2014, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >> I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. That >> should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of Windows >> 8 failure and while at the same time talking of Windows 9. People will find >> it easier to just jump to Mac OS. > > You're certainly right here. Vista was a huge bonus for Apple, who got a > bump then, and 8 is going to be another bump. MS doesn't get that they have > to provide what the market wants, not what they want to sell. > > T At work, our computers are about 50/50 Windows 7 and XP. We actually still have a few Windows 2000 VMs running, too (no internet browsing)! I really thought Microsoft had turned a corner with Windows 7. I had played with Windows 8 about a year ago on a computer we purchased for our warehouse, and decided to just wipe and install 7. I didn't have time to figure everything out. Just last week, however, I bought a cheapo 8.1 laptop from Best Buy for testing some software on. I am honestly shocked by how much I hate win8. Awkward gestures, annoying seemingly random flipping between fullscreen mode and desktop mode, panels everywhere, REVERSED TOUCHPAD SCROLLING (way to copy something stupid Apple did), and the program we were testing doesn't work right to boot (some incompatibility between IE11 and Flash--works fine on every single other platform we tested on). I can't see rolling out any computer at work that has Windows8 on it. What a shame. Scott
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
At 11:22 AM 13/07/2014, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. That should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of Windows 8 failure and while at the same time talking of Windows 9. People will find it easier to just jump to Mac OS. You're certainly right here. Vista was a huge bonus for Apple, who got a bump then, and 8 is going to be another bump. MS doesn't get that they have to provide what the market wants, not what they want to sell. T
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
At 08:24 AM 13/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. How many people have a contract to call Microsoft for Windows support? Only the retail copies include this - all OEM support is supposed to be done by the HW manufacturer. The real support (updates) will be done until 2020, so I think this announcement is being blown out of proportion. T
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
This is not a total end of support for Win7. As is the case with WinXP, this is an announcement of the end of the standard support. However, Microsoft will continue to provide extended support for Win7 until 2020. When you purchase a Microsoft product, it comes with 5 years of support. If you are a Business user, you can get an extra 5 years of additional support. But after than, you're on your own. http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?alpha=windows+7 http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy - Brian On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. > That should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of > Windows 8 failure and while at the same time talking of Windows 9. People > will find it easier to just jump to Mac OS. > > > On 7/13/2014 7:24 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > >> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of- >> Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml >> >> My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be >> interesting. >> >> >
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
I don't get how that can announce a EOS warning that are 6 months out. That should have come two years ago. It makes zero sense in the light of Windows 8 failure and while at the same time talking of Windows 9. People will find it easier to just jump to Mac OS. On 7/13/2014 7:24 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting.
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
Piracy is no longer a big problem, however, revenue is Companies don't change operating systems willy-nilly anymore. They are very conservative, and very cheap. My workplace just got rid of the last few XP machines about a month ago. Telling them that they will now only have 6 months of support for what they just did, will probably make IT freak. I'm not sure how it is with other companies, but here the IT department is on the level with every other division of the company, so basically they dictate what we can do. They charge for upgrades, monthly maintenance, software, so they've configured themselves as a revenue center. False revenue, because all they do is drain money from other divisions. On 7/13/2014 9:52 AM, FORC5 wrote: MS has finally lost it's mind, if true. doesn't a lot of the world still use XP. AT least 25% of the ppl I know still do even though I keep telling them to move on but that takes new HW and mostly $ not everyone can afford this. I know one guy with Win 3.11 I may be wrong but I do not think piracy is as big a problem as it once was, nothing can stop it completely. Maybe we should go back to Dos >:-} tallyho fp At 04:24 AM 7/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. Date: Sunday, July 13th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** There's nothing wrong with you a shotgun blast to the face couldn't fix. ***
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
MS has finally lost it's mind, if true. doesn't a lot of the world still use XP. AT least 25% of the ppl I know still do even though I keep telling them to move on but that takes new HW and mostly $ not everyone can afford this. I know one guy with Win 3.11 I may be wrong but I do not think piracy is as big a problem as it once was, nothing can stop it completely. Maybe we should go back to Dos >:-} tallyho fp At 04:24 AM 7/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. Date: Sunday, July 13th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** There's nothing wrong with you a shotgun blast to the face couldn't fix. ***
[H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting.
