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The inevitable transition to Windows 8 continues unabated. Microsoft published an update on its support site on Tuesday with a list of products reaching the end of their Mainstream Support life cycles in the coming months, including Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2010 and most notably, Windows 7 Home, Professional, Starter, Enterprise and Ultimate.
On January 13th, 2015, all of these products and services will be moving to Extended Support, a five year plan which includes regular, free security updates and paid hotfix support. After the deadline, design changes and new features will no longer be considered though. If you’re still using Windows 7, don’t worry — Extended Support isn’t set to end until January 14th, 2020 and Windows 9 should make its debut well before that date.
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The extended support is kind of disappointing because you have to pay for hotfix support, and no new features will be added to 7.
It seems Windows wants everyone to use their latest operating systems. Hopefully, Windows 8/8.1 are still get mainstream supported for free for many more years, or current Windows 8 users get a discount where they get 9 for free, or can buy Windows 9 for a low price like $1-40.
On January 13th, 2015, all of these products and services will be moving to Extended Support, a five year plan which includes regular, free security updates and paid hotfix support. After the deadline, design changes and new features will no longer be considered though. If you’re still using Windows 7, don’t worry — Extended Support isn’t set to end until January 14th, 2020 and Windows 9 should make its debut well before that date.
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The extended support is kind of disappointing because you have to pay for hotfix support, and no new features will be added to 7.
It seems Windows wants everyone to use their latest operating systems. Hopefully, Windows 8/8.1 are still get mainstream supported for free for many more years, or current Windows 8 users get a discount where they get 9 for free, or can buy Windows 9 for a low price like $1-40.