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So nothing have been said about the support lifecycle so far. I wish they could delay Win7's end of mainstream support until after Win10 releases at least. Yes, this includes bumping extended support until 2021.


Why is that important? Windows 7 extended support will provide security patches until january 2020.


Yes, this includes bumping extended support until 2021.


We didn't learn from Windows XP? Extended support is good enough to keep your OS up to date on security patches, if you're using it past the end of extended support that's completely your fault.


The problem is that Win7 did not release until after the end of mainstream support, leaving less than five years to upgrade to it.


Mainstream support means nothing. It still gets patched.




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