Windows 7 is still the world's number one operating system

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Successor to the Vista disaster and predecessor to another disaster, Windows 8, Windows 7 continues to be quite an extraordinary operating system for those who want to work on a PC without having to learn new things or without struggling with system performance.

Windows 7 is becoming an operating system that would be really hard to kill, which is quite worrying for Microsoft, given the fact that end of support will take place in 2020 and it will need more users to switch to Windows 10 and the next OS versions.

Statistics show that Windows 7 is still the world's number one operating system for the PC, and despite the buzz Microsoft attempts to create with Windows 10, many people still deploy 7 these days because of its looks, speed, and flawless performance.


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Have to agree windows 7 for me day to day but have to keep a pc running XP at work as a lot of software I need won't run on Win 7,
 
7 and XP are good stable operating systems. Given that every "in between" Microsoft operating system is a disaster, we can only hope that 10 is a good'un.
 
Same as Parker my garage software only likes xp l havent turned the work pc off in 2 years lol never crashes can't say the same for win7 sometimes but can't get to grips with win8


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UK Govt Ends Windows XP Deal with Microsoft Despite Thousands of Outdated PCs

The United Kingdom government’s custom Windows XP support deal with Microsoft expired on April 14, and according to a new report, neither the British officials nor the software giant proposed an extension to the original agreement despite thousands of computers that are yet to be upgraded.
Back in April 2014, the British government decided to purchase custom Windows XP support from Microsoft in order to keep computers used by state departments and the NHS fully secure until all of them were upgraded to a newer version of Windows still getting updates, such as Windows 7 or 8. Windows XP support ended on April 8, 2014.

But despite this one-year deadline, there still are thousands of computers running Windows XP right now, and according to V3, an extension to the original deal is not being negotiated.

While state officials have refused to provide a statement and detail their plans for computers still running Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the deal expired last April, so no new updates and security updates are being shipped to computers belonging to the UK government.

“On 14 April 2015 the UK Crown Custom Support Agreement for Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 will expire and will not be renewed for a second year,” a Microsoft spokesperson was quoted as saying. “Consequently, support will no longer be offered for Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003, all of which are well over a decade old and reached end of support on 8 April 2014.”

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UK Government Blocked from Getting Extended Windows XP Support for Another Year

The British govt won’t sign a custom Windows XP support agreement with Microsoft for the second consecutive year, as Whitehall IT leaders believe that, without such a contract, laggards would move faster to a newer operating system.

It’s no secret that getting custom support from Microsoft is not at all affordable, as Redmond is said to offer patches and security fixes for computers still on Windows XP at $200 (€150) per PC during the first year after end of support. This price is set to double in the second year, and triple after another 12 months.

The British government paid 5.5 million pounds ($8.6 million / €7.5 million) to Microsoft for the first year of custom support for Windows XP, but for the new proposal, the budget was lowered to around 2 million pounds ($3.1 million / €2.7 million).

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Windows 7 was, is, and will remain the top OS in the world

Windows 7 is now powering more than half of the world’s PCs

Windows 7 currently has a market share of approximately 53 percent, which means that 1 in 2 PCs on the planet is powered by this particular OS version.

And the graph you see here, generated with StatCounter data, shows how Windows 7 became such a popular choice for PC users in six years, while Windows 8, the OS version introduced in 2012, still struggles to get some 12 percent of the market.

Windows 7 was, is, and will remain the number one desktop OS for a long time, and Windows 10 is unlikely to make any difference in the short term, despite Microsoft’s aggressive campaign. Users simply love Windows 7 too much to let it go that fast.

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Microsoft says that upgrading computers running Windows 7 is a priority and have become Microsoft’s main target for Windows 10 for two different reasons.

At this point, Windows 7 is the number one operating system on the desktop and stats show that more than one in two PCs in the world are running this particular OS version.

more than 750,000 of the computers out there are powered by Windows 7. With the software giant struggling to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, upgrading Windows 7 PCs is clearly one of the key things the company has to do to achieve this goal.

Back in April 2014 nearly 30 percent of the world’s PCs were still running Windows XP and Microsoft struggled to convince users to upgrade. it’s now powering some 13 percent of the computers across the world.

Windows 10 is pretty much the biggest opportunity to start the migration off Windows 7.

it remains to be seen how many users on Windows 7 actually agree to upgrade.

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Same as Parker my garage software only likes xp l havent turned the work pc off in 2 years lol never crashes can't say the same for win7 sometimes but can't get to grips with win8


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I got a new HP lappy last year, it came with Win 8.1- which I really didn't like (might be an age thing...) but I installed a thing called Classicshell which makes it look & feel just like my old Win7 machine. Apart from the occasional BSOD of course.....
 
US Navy Pays $9.1 Million to Microsoft to Continue Using Obsolete Windows Versions

Windows XP is still powering 100,000 PCs used by the Navy

The United States Navy is still running Windows XP on many of its internal computers and because support is no longer offered since April 2014, US authorities started talks with Microsoft to get updates and security patches for another year.

Windows XP is still being used by some 12 percent of the computers worldwide, according to data provided by third-party researchers, but with the release of Windows 10, these figures are likely to drop rapidly in the next 12 months.

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Must be honest I really like Win7 it will take a lot to move me away, have tried Win8 and found it very poor in comparison

Mind you it took me ages to go from XP to 7 and I hated it at first lol

I have not been offered an upgrade to 10 yet, anyone else ?
 
Must be honest I really like Win7 it will take a lot to move me away, have tried Win8 and found it very poor in comparison

Mind you it took me ages to go from XP to 7 and I hated it at first lol

I have not been offered an upgrade to 10 yet, anyone else ?

yes m8 me but I not upgrade to 10
 
I don't see their logic here- if an old PC is running XP, the owner hasn't fallen for Vista, 7 or 8, so why should the arrival of 10 make any difference? It's not as if it'll be a free upgrade, and won't older machines struggle to run later versions? Maybe it's just me, but I often feel like these statements come from "office managers" who haven't a clue about the 'real world'.

Windows XP is still being used by some 12 percent of the computers worldwide, according to data provided by third-party researchers, but with the release of Windows 10, these figures are likely to drop rapidly in the next 12 months.
 
I don't see their logic here- if an old PC is running XP, the owner hasn't fallen for Vista, 7 or 8, so why should the arrival of 10 make any difference? It's not as if it'll be a free upgrade, and won't older machines struggle to run later versions? Maybe it's just me, but I often feel like these statements come from "office managers" who haven't a clue about the 'real world'.

If you bear in mind MS statement:

“Microsoft's stated goal is to have Windows 10 running on a billion devices within the first three years after this summer's launch. To reach that huge number, they need to convince hundreds of millions of current Windows users to upgrade.”

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I suppose it could be a sales pitch to get everybody onboard.
 
We're still trying to rid our place of XP, been going on 18 months now but it's costly. Out of 2000 plus staff machines, about 100 left now.


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Im a OS X user now but I still like my Windows machines. I will get shot for saying this but Vista with service pack 2 on a system with a core 2 duo and 4 gig of ram minium wasn't that bad as every says. Windows 7 still is my favourite and is a good OS but Windows 8 is a disaster, its what Windows 10 should have been.
 
wont be long till Win 11 arrives lol

US navy still using XP life in old OS yet

$9.1M contract extension includes support for Office and Exchange 2003 as well.
 
tongue in cheek mate

can consider all Win 10 updates to be Win 11

they have a lot to sort out yet before RTM
 
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