Anyone apart from nuclear sub captains still running old Windows?
Whatever, for general PC users and just possibly nuclear sub commanders, the main worry with continuing with Windows 7 or 8 will be security. Any vulnerabilities found by hackers will continue unpatched from here on in.
Very likely your best bet should you have a non-gaming PC that can't be updated to a newer version of Windows would be to look into running one or other version of Linux. Or just be extra careful when you come up for air. Anywho, we shan't miss Windows 7 much, it was a clunky, cartoonish looking old beast that didn't really deliver on the hype. Windows 8 was a deal more interesting and largely set the tone for the cleaner more geometric look of all Windows builds that followed with its Metro UI.
It still looks crisp today and in Windows Mobile format for phones was an intriguing alternative to the iOS and Android duopoly, visually at least. Not that that prevented Microsoft's clumsy mismanagement from slowly murdering Windows Mobile's chances of competing.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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