Windows ends support for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 is getting the axe too

10 January 2023
It's time to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11.

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Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023You can easily disable hibernation and you still have fast ... moreIts normal boot is slower than Windows 7.
Why don't you check some youtube videos and see what they say on the topic? I know Youtubers are not reliable in general, but hey, all people can't be wrong together, now can they?

And like I said, I wouldn't have cared even if Windows 10 was faster, its a legalised spyware and that's it.

    Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023How do you know windows 10 is spyware? Did you create it?So, err... I have to create it to know its a spyware? Its privacy policy is a disaster.

    It uploads all sorts of usage data to spy into your life without any internet limits whatsoever. You connect a Windows 10 PC to internet, it instantly scrubs 500 BM without you even using it once, and you're telling me its just a reliable OS?!

    To top of it, we have users like you who accept things without opposing. Doesn't it freak you out that something knows everything about you?

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      • 12 Jan 2023

      What a shame!! This new developments are just not userfriendly

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        • 12 Jan 2023

        Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023Always go for i7. i3 and i5 are weak but i9 is overkill. My... moreThanks intel for making the i9 the only skew to undervolt!

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          • 12 Jan 2023

          Chaskamaska, 11 Jan 2023Linux is far better then this creepy OSmaybe gnome 2, but not gnome 3. that is creepy

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            • 12 Jan 2023

            Anonymous, 10 Jan 2023Even windows 7 is still more stable than windows 11. I use ... moreIf you upgrade, you by default have like 10 days to roll back iirc.

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              • 12 Jan 2023

              Anonymous, 10 Jan 2023My really old laptop came with Windows 7. Worked well. But ... moreI bought a BRAND NEW 12th gen intel gaming laptop with an i7-12700H and 16GB of DDR5 ram. Windows 11 ran like HOT GARBAGE and felt clunky even when I TRIED to enjoy it. Even when installing latest updates (July 2022) it was slow and looked ugly as well as lacking so many freedom and features that Windows 10 had. I downloaded the media creation tool and installed Windows 10 onto the machine (within Windows 11 itself). It ran soooo much snappier and it kept the drivers, license key, and OEM stuff as well! The drivers that "only work for Windows 11" appear to work just fine on Windows 10.

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                • 12 Jan 2023

                AngryLithuanian, 10 Jan 2023Farewell W7! We had a great run. On the topic, is W11 fi... moreLmao, no.

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                  • 12 Jan 2023

                  What a shame. How is Linux doing?

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                    • 12 Jan 2023

                    newflesh, 11 Jan 2023I could care less if it's unsupported, lol. I don'... moreYeah, I feel you on Android. I am still on Android 11 because F any newer version of Android. I'm debating whether I should switch to IOS if even more freedom gets stripped from me.

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                      notafanboy, 10 Jan 2023Windows 11 betterWindows 11 has no taskbar toolbars, the icons are all redesigned and look terrible and aren't legacy (Windows 8 icons are peak in modern UI language imo)

                      Windows 11 has settings app instead of the glorious Windows 7 control panel

                      Windows 11 puts the start button in the center of the screen by default which is funny because Chrome OS now has the start menu on the right instead of the center because of how stupid it is to put it in the middle

                      Windows 11 requires a 98" TV to be able to make use of the wasted screen space properly.

                      Windows 11 wants you to give up your freedom with BIOS and move to UEFI and force feed UEFI updates to your laptop while it cooks in your bag because of "modern standby"

                      Most modern laptops now ship with no S3 standby support which means that your battery will "leave the chat" if you don't put your computer in hibernation mode. All so Microsoft can collect that sweet telemetry off your computer even while it's closed and begging for mercy while your gaming laptop is reeving their fans at max speed, cooking in your backpack since Windows 11 took advantage of modern standby and thought it would be genius to install an update because it's actually quite smart. Malware and hackers would have trouble getting to your files when your laptop's batteries are dead or the motherboard is fried due to heat!

                        Anonymous, 11 Jan 20238 no, but 8.1 is better. It is an improved version of 7 esp... more"Unfortunately, Microshaft needs that dollar, so
                        will do everything possible to push you to your spyware operating systems 10 and 11, you need to participate in that 'Data Capitalism'"

                        Haha, it was released 10 years ago, how much more do you want?

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                          Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023Windows 10 is very slow on low end hardware. An old i3 (pre... moreAlways go for i7. i3 and i5 are weak but i9 is overkill. My laptop has really old i7 and runs Windows 11 well.

                            Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023Windows 10 is very slow on low end hardware. An old i3 (pre... moreThat's what I'm talking about, you get it! The same applies to Android versions (don't know about iOS)

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                              • 11 Jan 2023

                              newflesh, 11 Jan 2023I'm not joking. Maybe you have at top end CPU in your ... moreWindows 10 is very slow on low end hardware. An old i3 (pre-2014) will be painfully slow. Microsoft is very good in gradually increasing hardware specs with updates, while not telling anyone about this. I am sure ealier versions of windows 10 is far more responsive than today's 22H2.

                                Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023Read my comment. I said HDD not SSD. But your cpu may be to... moreI could care less if it's unsupported, lol. I don't browse on shoddy sites or install untrusted software and never caught a virus in more than a decade already. Hell, I'm still using Android 9 with no problems whatsoever which is unsupported far longer

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                                  newflesh, 11 Jan 2023I'm not joking. Maybe you have at top end CPU in your ... moreRead my comment. I said HDD not SSD. But your cpu may be too weak. If yes ok. But Windows 8.1 will be unsupported soon. Switch to Linux if you can.

                                    Anonymous, 11 Jan 2023Joking right? Even my really old laptop that was released i... moreI'm not joking. Maybe you have at top end CPU in your 2010 laptop like i7? And SSD maybe? I've got Amd A10 with regular hdd if that matters and it's very sloooow on Win 10 no matter what I disable while it's a lot faster on Win 8.1 which the laptop was preloaded with

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                                      • 11 Jan 2023

                                      oh god Windows 10 stinks so bad on HDD machines, My Windows 8.1 boots so fast with 7200rpm even 5200.

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                                        • 11 Jan 2023

                                        Win11 is terrible worst OS but Win10 is still good, I get back to Win10 from Win11 on my ideapad 3 10th intel version.