MS increases win7 / vista lifespan

[harlequin]

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...ista-support/1

Under the new changes, the home releases of both Windows 7 and Windows Vista will now qualify for the additional five-year 'extended support' period previously restricted to the business-oriented releases. As a result, those still running Vista get a reprieve: the original schedule would see support for the operating system end in April this year. Under the new scheme, all editions of Windows Vista will qualify for extended support until 2017 while Windows 7 will be supported until 2020.

could be hedging against the new Win8 front end not being liked maybe?

[terrannova]

Nice find. I guess XP went through a similar thing at one point, but I didn't think Microsoft would be eager to support Vista for another 5 years yet.

[dracom_ma]

Windows 7 I can understand. It's been a good OS. But Vista? They need to take every last cd copy they have out to the shooting range and have some target practice.

[scoobs]

Well that's a surprise. Win7 supported until 2020!? MS not really backing win8, obviously.

[dracom_ma]

Well that's a surprise. Win7 supported until 2020!? MS not really backing win8, obviously.

Well, they do seem to keep to their pattern.

Win95= Bad
Win98se= Good
WinME= Bad
WinXP= Good
Win Vista= Bad
Win 7 = Good
Win 8= ?

[russ18uk]

Well, they do seem to keep to their pattern.

Win95= Bad
Win98se= Good
WinME= Bad
WinXP= Good
Win Vista= Bad
Win 7 = Good
Win 8= ?

2000?????

[User_3D]

Windows 7 I can understand. It's been a good OS. But Vista? They need to take every last cd copy they have out to the shooting range and have some target practice.

Oh come on Vista was not THAT bad.

Well, they do seem to keep to their pattern.

Win95= Bad

WTF?

[dracom_ma]

Oh come on Vista was not THAT bad.

Yes, it was. And why extend support for it when there is already a better, more reliable OS already out.

WTF?

What? Windows 95 had numerous issues. It was the first OS of it's kind (start menu and such) so naturally there was a lot of room for improvement. Now granted it wasn't as bad as ME or Vista.

[Murderklok]

Yes, it was. And why extend support for it when there is already a better, more reliable OS already out.

If Vista was truly bad, they would end support for it quite quickly, just as they did ME. But it's not that bad. Especially now, fully updated. It's absolutely fine. Maybe there's a particular thing it didn't do well for your use, but I've used it across many systems and still to this day on a few. It's very solid.