Is Windows 7 Dead Yet?



Official support for Windows 7 is ended by January 14, 2020. This means there won't be any security patch or updates for any new bugs or issues. Everything else will go absolutely how you went throughout the years.

What about the softwares?
Any legacy software that is released for Windows 10 will also run on Windows 7. Because both OS has the same base ecosystem (Windows NT Kernel and APIs). All windows versions from Vista to 10 runs with the same kernel and API. So, any software in future; that is based on Windows NT kernel, will run on Windows 7.

Bad news about modern apps:
Windows 10 runs many modern apps (eg. Settings, Store, Calculator, Calendar, Mail and other apps from Store). These apps relies on Windows 10's Modern and Fluent app framework and Windows 7 can't run them. So in future; if every essential softwares gets a modern Store version, and stops making legacy versions. WIndows 7 will fall in a software crysis. Only then it will be unusable like Windows XP at this moment.

What about security?
For normal basic users (who knows very little about computers), Windows 7 will be a risk. But for a person who knows much about his security and always aware, can still use Windows 7.

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