wraggster
November 6th, 2015, 22:15
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1200x675!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/e21118ee9a4a38152c4f1b6a25f65f9a/202908589/5742093426_e285117357.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/03/microsoft-windows7-preinstalled-sales-extended/)If you still want your next PC to run Windows 7 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/02/statcounter-windows-7-top-OS/), better act soon. Microsoft has updated its "Windows lifecycle (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle#section_2)" fact sheet, and the last day you'll be able to buy a PC with Windows 7 preinstalled is October 31, 2016. Microsoft would have shelved Windows 7 awhile ago, since it normally sells previous versions just two years after the next one arrives. However, many people treated Windows 8 like it was radioactive (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/01/net-applications-sept-2013/), so Windows 7 Professional (OEM) was extended, and will actually come off the market after Windows 8, and on the same day as Windows 8.1. Apart from pre-installed copies of Windows 7 Professional, all other Windows 7 versions are already off the market.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/03/microsoft-windows7-preinstalled-sales-extended/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/03/microsoft-windows7-preinstalled-sales-extended/