Support for Vista and Win 7 extended

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paws Topic Starter

Post #1February 23, 2012, 9:27 AM UTC

Support from Microsoft for Vista is to be extended until April 2017 and for
Win 7 to Jan 2020
further details here:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/373021/microso…urce=newsletter

Digerati

Post #2February 23, 2012, 2:57 PM UTC

I saw the Ed Bott report the other day and was a bit surprised by Microsoft's announcement. I am not sure what to make of it. This is truly great for consumers. But I don't see how it can help Microsoft sell Windows 8.

paws

Post #3February 23, 2012, 3:19 PM UTC

Yes I agree, I was a bit surprised myself…. I wondered at first if it was a hoax…. but it seems to be correct…