Windows 7 Entering Extended Support in January 2015
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exfileme
July 9, 2014 2:20:43 PM
No more new features for Windows 7 after January 2015.
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applegetsmelaid
July 9, 2014 2:53:01 PM
dstarr3
July 9, 2014 2:58:23 PM
Really, it's a shame Windows 8's gotten such bad press. My wife just picked up a new laptop with 8 on it, and we gave it a fair chance at being a usable OS, and it honestly is. It took tinkering, but most OS's do. Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice. It's just an enhanced, more efficient Windows 7, really. We'll see what Windows 9 has to offer, though.
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SteelCity1981
July 9, 2014 3:01:30 PM
the vast majority of users are perfectly fine with windows 7 the way it is and wouldn't notice any extra add on features anyhow. I mean look at xp it stop having mainstream support for new features a long time ago and people were still perfectly fine with it. I mean the only users that would be effected is your gaming enthusiast that utilize features like Direct X. hopefully windows 9 or windows 8.2 or whatever they are going to call it will be a good upgrade.
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"Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice.".. LOL.. so basically win 7 without the start button features. MS REALLY dropped the ball with WIn 8 for desktop users who want use mouse/key... and that is inexcusable. They look to be trying fix for threshold.. lets hope so .. or I will be on Win 7 for a while yet!
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HomeSkillenSlice
July 9, 2014 3:10:43 PM
dstarr3
July 9, 2014 3:13:14 PM
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"Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice.".. LOL.. so basically win 7 without the start button features. MS REALLY dropped the ball with WIn 8 for desktop users who want use mouse/key... and that is inexcusable. They look to be trying fix for threshold.. lets hope so .. or I will be on Win 7 for a while yet!Windows 8's biggest problem has been that people are being dissuaded from it by the criticisms of people who've never actually used it.
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schwatzz
July 9, 2014 3:17:57 PM
dstarr3 said:
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"Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice.".. LOL.. so basically win 7 without the start button features. MS REALLY dropped the ball with WIn 8 for desktop users who want use mouse/key... and that is inexcusable. They look to be trying fix for threshold.. lets hope so .. or I will be on Win 7 for a while yet!Windows 8's biggest problem has been that people are being dissuaded from it by the criticisms of people who've never actually used it.
Hope you not including me in that.. I upgraded my desktop for a short while hated it..
Ran it on a work machine for a while.. it was a tablet device.. and while in tablet/touch mode was OK/good.. but when docked and used connected to mouse/key.. hated it.
When used in Mouse/key mode.. its a kludge.. I know it.. and MS know it.. which is why they looking to fix it.
Cheers
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erick81
July 9, 2014 3:35:03 PM
ddpruitt
July 9, 2014 3:41:20 PM
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"Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice.".. LOL.. so basically win 7 without the start button features. MS REALLY dropped the ball with WIn 8 for desktop users who want use mouse/key... and that is inexcusable. They look to be trying fix for threshold.. lets hope so .. or I will be on Win 7 for a while yet!Windows 8's biggest problem has been that people are being dissuaded from it by the criticisms of people who've never actually used it.
Windows 8's biggest problem is that it broke all the rules of proper design in a single fell swoop. I put some serious effort into trying to like Windows 8. But the fact that Microsoft decided to hide all the features that those of use who actually use a computer use just made it too painful (almost reminds me of learning emacs). Windows 7 works well with some minor customization, Windows 8 needs a triple bypass to be usable.
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SteelCity1981
July 9, 2014 4:32:28 PM
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"Disable the touchscreen and all the Metro gubbins, and it's really quite nice.".. LOL.. so basically win 7 without the start button features. MS REALLY dropped the ball with WIn 8 for desktop users who want use mouse/key... and that is inexcusable. They look to be trying fix for threshold.. lets hope so .. or I will be on Win 7 for a while yet!Windows 8's biggest problem has been that people are being dissuaded from it by the criticisms of people who've never actually used it.
Windows 8's biggest problem is that it broke all the rules of proper design in a single fell swoop. I put some serious effort into trying to like Windows 8. But the fact that Microsoft decided to hide all the features that those of use who actually use a computer use just made it too painful (almost reminds me of learning emacs). Windows 7 works well with some minor customization, Windows 8 needs a triple bypass to be usable.
I'll give ms credit, they have been trying to fix Windows 8 over the past updates to make it more user friendly, i'll give them credit for that. Windows 8 was a big learning curve for many users in the way it functioned. Windows 8.1 fixed some of the issues people were complaining about with Windows 8. Windows 8.1 update 1 fixed even more issues. So i'll give credit where credit is due here with microsoft actually listening to the consumers issues with these updates. Is Windows 8.x perfect? of course not but with each passing update it is making Windows 8.x more and more user friendly. Adding a real start menu would be the next big thing, but that maybe held off until Windows 9 or Windows 8.2 or whatever they are going to call it.
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dimar
July 9, 2014 4:43:27 PM
AsTheDeath
July 9, 2014 6:13:05 PM
Honestly, what are these famed 'start menu features'? I was skeptical of Win 8 at first but after a year of use it just seems a quicker booting version of Windows 7 with some (relatively minor) UI changes.
Obviously, metro is good for nothing on a desktop PC, but I don't get what the start menu offered that the start screen doesn't, and other than that the changes don't seem to be that huge to me.
I would genuinely like to know what it is that makes Windows 8.1 so awful to many of you.
Obviously, metro is good for nothing on a desktop PC, but I don't get what the start menu offered that the start screen doesn't, and other than that the changes don't seem to be that huge to me.
I would genuinely like to know what it is that makes Windows 8.1 so awful to many of you.
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cpatel1987
July 9, 2014 6:22:20 PM
Blazer1985
July 9, 2014 6:32:32 PM
It is not about the learning curve (at least for me) it still is a matter of "clicks required for doing what I need". Disliked the 8.0 on the desktop and mostly liked the 8.1 on my surface pro. That said is way more recover friendly than 7 and adds some pretty functions in general. It feels more solid too.
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Avus
July 9, 2014 7:17:04 PM
Is this mean MS will stop making service pack for Windows 7? Because now it is pretty ridiculous that after finish install a fresh Windows 7 w/ SP1, there are at least 160+ updates need to apply. Even that POS Vista had 2 service packs released. Remember this Windows 7 will keep having fix until 2020!! It looks like M$ do this (by not releasing newer service pack) to annoy you upgrade to newer windows.
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JOSHSKORN
July 9, 2014 7:25:45 PM
boletus
July 9, 2014 9:43:07 PM
Please, please, do not add any new "features" to Win 7, if that would make it any more like Win 8 (point so what). From my point of view, there is not one single feature of Win 8 that I consider an improvement over 7.
Needing an account at the MS store just to install a service pack? I can live without that. Needing an account at the MS store to play Solitaire? I can live without that. Needing to turn off and uninstall a mess of blinky Metro "apps" to banish useless bandwidth wasters? I can live without that. Having a schizophrenic OS that can't decide whether it wants to be an Apple clone or something less simplistic and more customizable? I can live without that. "Native" apps that for all the world seem like throwbacks to Windows 3.1? I can live without those. Faster boot times that just mean you are hibernating rather than truly restarting? Yeah, my SSD has that covered, the extra 0.2 second to actually boot is worth the wait. A locked down UEFI that means I have to jump through hoops to dual boot? I can live without that just fine too, thanks anyway.
In short, yes, please do enter extended support for Win 7 tomorrow, if that means you will just provide security updates and not make it more like 8.
Needing an account at the MS store just to install a service pack? I can live without that. Needing an account at the MS store to play Solitaire? I can live without that. Needing to turn off and uninstall a mess of blinky Metro "apps" to banish useless bandwidth wasters? I can live without that. Having a schizophrenic OS that can't decide whether it wants to be an Apple clone or something less simplistic and more customizable? I can live without that. "Native" apps that for all the world seem like throwbacks to Windows 3.1? I can live without those. Faster boot times that just mean you are hibernating rather than truly restarting? Yeah, my SSD has that covered, the extra 0.2 second to actually boot is worth the wait. A locked down UEFI that means I have to jump through hoops to dual boot? I can live without that just fine too, thanks anyway.
In short, yes, please do enter extended support for Win 7 tomorrow, if that means you will just provide security updates and not make it more like 8.
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If MS thinks killing off XP is difficult, just wait until they try to kill 7!
Personally, I love Windows Phone 8 and Win 8 on a tablet, but every time I have to use it on a desktop, I just keep thinking how idiotic the design is.
I tend to not upgrade things until I have a compelling reason to and so far, there is nothing in Windows 8/8.1 that makes me feel any need to change from 7. Maybe 9 will have something, but from what I have read and seen of it so far, it's just a polished Windows 8. Similar to how 7 is a completed and polished Vista. I am keeping an open mind about 9, but so far, nothing compelling.
(Funny, I just spent several hours today 7/9/14 upgrading 6 computers from Windows 8 to Windows 7 for a client. Note: It was by their request after trying 8.1 for 3 months and hating every part of it.)
Personally, I love Windows Phone 8 and Win 8 on a tablet, but every time I have to use it on a desktop, I just keep thinking how idiotic the design is.
I tend to not upgrade things until I have a compelling reason to and so far, there is nothing in Windows 8/8.1 that makes me feel any need to change from 7. Maybe 9 will have something, but from what I have read and seen of it so far, it's just a polished Windows 8. Similar to how 7 is a completed and polished Vista. I am keeping an open mind about 9, but so far, nothing compelling.
(Funny, I just spent several hours today 7/9/14 upgrading 6 computers from Windows 8 to Windows 7 for a client. Note: It was by their request after trying 8.1 for 3 months and hating every part of it.)
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aule10
July 10, 2014 12:26:14 AM
Sometimes I wonder if microsoft only want money and don't care about their customers. windows 8 was a bad idé, with a bad concept, and yes i have it on my laptop. when they stop fully support of windows 7, they screw about 50% of their customers, and try force them to go buy a system they don't want. I hope they don't screw up windows 9, because if they do, i am afraid the will loose a lot of the computer clientele.
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techguy911
July 10, 2014 3:24:32 AM
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Windows 8's biggest problem has been that people are being dissuaded from it by the criticisms of people who've never actually used it.
Tell that to my 50 customers who bought windows 8 machines only after a week after looking at videos and reading books just to use windows 8 "GET THAT THING OFF MY MACHINE! I HATE IT!" they all said same thing.
I sold a whole 4 windows 8 , 300 of windows 7, i make more money removing windows 8 and downgrading to windows 7.
I have 30 business clients all they will buy is windows 7 laptops and desktops not one single company i have would use windows 8 some tried it and was not compatible with custom software they were using.
I even have customers that bought windows 8 computers from other big box stores drop by after a month and downgrade windows 8 to windows 7.
Failure rate on windows 8 to upgrade 8.1 is huge i have new customers show up with machines that no longer boot after upgrading window 8 to 8.1.
The fact that Microsoft has made a patch to fix windows 8 to 8.1 months after shows that they dropped the ball on proper testing.
I think because Microsoft has no competition they are becoming lazy and what "Features" are they taking about Microsoft not putting in windows 7 in this article there has been no new features in windows 7 since release??.
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drapacioli
July 10, 2014 5:11:20 AM
I have both Windows 7 and 8, one on my desktop the other on my non touchscreen laptop, and it's really not all that different. I don't use them any differently at all. Sure, it takes 2 extra clicks to shut down, but everything else is basically the same to me. I just stick in desktop mode and when I want something I hit the start key and type the name of what I want exactly like Windows 7s start menu. As far as I'm concerned tthat's the most important feature I need. It's only when I need something obscure that I might occasionally need to do a little digging to find where it is, but that's the same with any Os, even if I were to go back to XP I might find that difficult, and I used it for a good 10 years!
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bin1127
July 10, 2014 5:54:42 AM
Upgrading to win8 isn't that big a change from win7 after some configuration. The default settings of win8 seems to shock people into the illusion of something completely different but defacto it's still windows with the stuff all windows does. Only the start button can't change back to the old menu but if you picture the old menu in tiles spread of across the screen then it's essentially the same. need run? just use start+r.
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rantoc
July 10, 2014 7:07:48 AM
videobear
July 10, 2014 7:26:03 AM
2Be_or_Not2Be
July 10, 2014 7:28:12 AM
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Is this mean MS will stop making service pack for Windows 7? Because now it is pretty ridiculous that after finish install a fresh Windows 7 w/ SP1, there are at least 160+ updates need to apply. Even that POS Vista had 2 service packs released. Remember this Windows 7 will keep having fix until 2020!! It looks like M$ do this (by not releasing newer service pack) to annoy you upgrade to newer windows. My hope is that Microsoft releases "Service Pack 2" that will include all of the security updates since SP1. It doesn't have to have any new features - just consider it a roll-up service pack.
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timaahhh
July 10, 2014 8:29:46 AM
I have 3 machines running Windows 8, I will soon be upgrading 1 to 8.1 (tried in the past but it failed miserably). Windows 8 has its flaws (some are horrible) however the criticisms with 8 have been primarily formed by people who don't use it. At any rate, I just upgraded my folks from Windows XP to windows 7. They are not interested in new features. So long as the security updates keep coming they are good.
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valandis
July 10, 2014 8:47:27 AM
I don't really need "new features" on my Win7. I will be just fine with it until 2020, or until MS releases a worth-buying OS that delivers the same -or more- control as Win7 currently does!
Power users and most gamers will stay with Win7. Those numbers don't lie:
Desktop OS Market Share: http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-s...
Steam HW&SW survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
Power users and most gamers will stay with Win7. Those numbers don't lie:
Desktop OS Market Share: http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-s...
Steam HW&SW survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
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daekar
July 10, 2014 4:55:17 PM
I think this is pretty irrelevant, for the most part. New features were never really going to be added - well, in another year it'll be official. The people who bought Windows 7 machines that still have them have no real incentive to upgrade, and the people that went from Vista to 8 or 8.1 obviously don't care.
I suspect I'll be using 7 for a good many years yet, unless the games I want to play don't support it. Doesn't seem likely for a great while.
I suspect I'll be using 7 for a good many years yet, unless the games I want to play don't support it. Doesn't seem likely for a great while.
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spartanmk2
July 10, 2014 5:16:48 PM
Jeffrey H
July 10, 2014 7:20:07 PM
Well I know Windows 7 is also the last OS that supports the similar "Windows 2000" UI setup and "Classic Skin" which is something I want to use, and I am sure others would want and even the XP UI Skin also is what most want to see too, I know many may try to give me Negative Votes on that because I don't support Steve Balmer's "Freedom of Touch" idea of Windows 8 as Required by him, Windows 9 needs to very well keep the "Classic" and "XP" skins because it feels more like Old School.
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Hanin33
July 11, 2014 8:55:20 AM
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Needing an account at the MS store just to install a service pack? I can live without that. Needing an account at the MS store to play Solitaire? I can live without that. Needing to turn off and uninstall a mess of blinky Metro "apps" to banish useless bandwidth wasters? I can live without that.This is a huge part of the issue, but it seems the proponents of Win8 ignore that or believe it's a cost of doing business. When did an OS stop being the basic software that gets your hardware running and which then allowed you to customize it from there? Remember when Windows setup actually had customization options other than which drive to install to? Maybe i am too old?
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jardows
July 11, 2014 11:14:56 AM
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Tell that to my 50 customers who bought windows 8 machines only after a week after looking at videos and reading books just to use windows 8 "GET THAT THING OFF MY MACHINE! I HATE IT!" they all said same thing.
I sold a whole 4 windows 8 , 300 of windows 7, i make more money removing windows 8 and downgrading to windows 7.
I have 30 business clients all they will buy is windows 7 laptops and desktops not one single company i have would use windows 8 some tried it and was not compatible with custom software they were using.
I even have customers that bought windows 8 computers from other big box stores drop by after a month and downgrade windows 8 to windows 7.
Failure rate on windows 8 to upgrade 8.1 is huge i have new customers show up with machines that no longer boot after upgrading window 8 to 8.1.
The fact that Microsoft has made a patch to fix windows 8 to 8.1 months after shows that they dropped the ball on proper testing.
I think because Microsoft has no competition they are becoming lazy and what "Features" are they taking about Microsoft not putting in windows 7 in this article there has been no new features in windows 7 since release??.
This sounds exactly like what happened with my customers in 1995, and in 2002, with the change from 3.1 to Win95 and then from Win98 to WinXP
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hythos
July 11, 2014 2:52:24 PM
The wonderful world of Win8.1+ & Win9: Write something on your computer that MS or "the guv" finds unacceptable, and they brick your system. By 2020, I'd expect most computers may return to integrated CPU's + ram (much like how mobile devices are) - so now you're down the entire cost of your computer.
With a locked, pristine drive available for analysis when 'men in suits' arrive, all you can do is wait, and yearn for the days of Win95 with no internet.
With a locked, pristine drive available for analysis when 'men in suits' arrive, all you can do is wait, and yearn for the days of Win95 with no internet.
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dragonsqrrl
July 12, 2014 8:31:16 PM
I think a lot of people, or at least most of the people in this thread, are forgetting about one very crucial feature that won't be supported in Windows 7 because of this...
Hint, graphics API. If this is Microsoft's idea of supporting desktop users and gamers, and providing 'upgrade incentives' to Windows 9, then I'm genuinely outraged. There's no reason Windows 7 shouldn't be capable of supporting DX12, and it's been shown time and again (Vista and DX10 are prime examples) that intentionally segmenting the PC platform by developing exclusive APIs doesn't make people want to upgrade to a new OS. It just makes people dislike the API, the new OS, and your company even more... Microsoft.
Honestly not sure how this got past the community on Tom's. It's usually totally single minded, gaming centric tunnel vision here.
Hint, graphics API. If this is Microsoft's idea of supporting desktop users and gamers, and providing 'upgrade incentives' to Windows 9, then I'm genuinely outraged. There's no reason Windows 7 shouldn't be capable of supporting DX12, and it's been shown time and again (Vista and DX10 are prime examples) that intentionally segmenting the PC platform by developing exclusive APIs doesn't make people want to upgrade to a new OS. It just makes people dislike the API, the new OS, and your company even more... Microsoft.
Honestly not sure how this got past the community on Tom's. It's usually totally single minded, gaming centric tunnel vision here.
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dragonsqrrl said:
I think a lot of people, or at least most of the people in this thread, are forgetting about one very crucial feature that won't be supported in Windows 7 because of this... Hint, graphics API. If this is Microsoft's idea of supporting desktop users and gamers, and providing 'upgrade incentives' to Windows 9, then I'm genuinely outraged. There's no reason Windows 7 shouldn't be capable of supporting DX12, and it's been shown time and again (Vista and DX10 are prime examples) that intentionally segmenting the PC platform by developing exclusive APIs doesn't make people want to upgrade to a new OS. It just makes people dislike the API, the new OS, and your company even more... Microsoft.
Honestly not sure how this got past the community on Tom's. It's usually totally single minded, gaming centric tunnel vision here.
DX12 Crucial? Doubtful, software developers haven't even used the full capability of DX11 yet. Plus DX12 is a good distance in the future. Many haven't discounted Windows 9, I haven't, I am waiting for a reason to upgrade from 7. Windows 8 is an unmitigated disaster. MS was told over and over, before the release that there were interface issues on the desktop and other non-touch devices and MS decided to pull an apple and ignore it. This flop is of MS's own making and Windows 9 has to be dang good to reverse it. The ball is in their court and lets hope they don't drop it again.
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dragonsqrrl
July 13, 2014 1:49:27 PM
Martell1977 said:
dragonsqrrl said:
I think a lot of people, or at least most of the people in this thread, are forgetting about one very crucial feature that won't be supported in Windows 7 because of this... Hint, graphics API. If this is Microsoft's idea of supporting desktop users and gamers, and providing 'upgrade incentives' to Windows 9, then I'm genuinely outraged. There's no reason Windows 7 shouldn't be capable of supporting DX12, and it's been shown time and again (Vista and DX10 are prime examples) that intentionally segmenting the PC platform by developing exclusive APIs doesn't make people want to upgrade to a new OS. It just makes people dislike the API, the new OS, and your company even more... Microsoft.
Honestly not sure how this got past the community on Tom's. It's usually totally single minded, gaming centric tunnel vision here.
DX12 Crucial? Doubtful, software developers haven't even used the full capability of DX11 yet.
How have game developers not fully utilized DX11 yet? I'm honestly just not sure what you mean by that. DX11 hardware has practically saturated the market, and because of its wide adoption game developers have been targeting DX11 for a while now. Are you talking about feature level on a game to game basis?
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Plus DX12 is a good distance in the future.Is it coming before 2020? Cause that's when Windows 7 'support' ends.
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Many haven't discounted Windows 9, I haven't, I am waiting for a reason to upgrade from 7. Windows 8 is an unmitigated disaster. MS was told over and over, before the release that there were interface issues on the desktop and other non-touch devices and MS decided to pull an apple and ignore it. This flop is of MS's own making and Windows 9 has to be dang good to reverse it. The ball is in their court and lets hope they don't drop it again.Are you suggesting that DX12 should be an exclusive feature, and used to incentivize users to upgrade? Or do you just not care about DX12? The first part of your comment makes it sound like you just don't care about it very much, but this second part sounds almost like you want it to be a new and exclusive feature to give you more reasons to upgrade. If you just don't care, then I would simply say okay, there's not much more to argue about. I'm not sure why an enthusiast/gamer wouldn't care about having the broadest possible support for something like that, but okay.
I mean think about what you just said about DX11, because I would totally agree that it took game developers way longer to move beyond DX9 than it should've, but it really just all comes down to support and adoption, and I think Vista and DX10 exclusivity had a lot to do with the delay. Like I said in my previous comment, the way to support PC gaming is to have a large platform of users for game developers to target. That's when you see adoption and support (i.e. progress), and that's when you see game developers take advantage of the "full capability" of an API. Windows 7 has 50% market share, 49% on Steam. Forcing people to upgrade to a new OS to take advantage of an API that's otherwise fully supported by their existing hardware is bullshit.
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@Dragonsqrrl - The hardware is everywhere but most games are DX9 with some DX11 sprinkled in, this is starting to change but DX11 is still only starting to become common. If DX12 is exclusive to Windows 9, then I expect it to be a slower adoption than 11 has been. On the flip side of that is that DX12 is supposed to be a "lower level" API, similar to Mantle, and that might lead developers to adopt quicker, but again, if exclusive, I don't see that happening.
I have never purchased an OS due to a newer API and this would only become a consideration for purchase is developers were keeping up with the latest API as opposed to what has the largest marketshare. So at this point, I don't care about DX12. And what I meant by being a good distance off, I mean that by the time DX12 comes out we will have Windows 9 and we will have had plenty of time to either move to it or reject it. By the time Windows 7 hits EoL, we will like have Windows 10 coming and if 9 flops, 10 might be a gem.
Vista and DX10 is a perfect example of why an API shouldn't be exclusive, no one that I know of, bought Vista for DX10 and I doubt anyone thought much of DX11 when getting 7, early on. Developers make programs for the largest user base to increase sales, so making DX12 exclusive to Windows 9 would be backwards.
DX12 exclusivity would be shooting themselves in the foot, but MS has done it before...
I have never purchased an OS due to a newer API and this would only become a consideration for purchase is developers were keeping up with the latest API as opposed to what has the largest marketshare. So at this point, I don't care about DX12. And what I meant by being a good distance off, I mean that by the time DX12 comes out we will have Windows 9 and we will have had plenty of time to either move to it or reject it. By the time Windows 7 hits EoL, we will like have Windows 10 coming and if 9 flops, 10 might be a gem.
Vista and DX10 is a perfect example of why an API shouldn't be exclusive, no one that I know of, bought Vista for DX10 and I doubt anyone thought much of DX11 when getting 7, early on. Developers make programs for the largest user base to increase sales, so making DX12 exclusive to Windows 9 would be backwards.
DX12 exclusivity would be shooting themselves in the foot, but MS has done it before...
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Romanticapped
July 15, 2014 10:22:08 AM
I am sick of Microsoft pushing it's new OS down peoples throats, We love XP and like Win 7, we have taken months, even years to customize our settings, programs and appearance to our liking. Microsoft has always had terrible customer service unless you have a credit card. First they start issuing buggy updates that mess with our computers, then they discontinue support for them, all to make a buck and force us to get their latest and greatest OS. I refuse to get Win 8, and they still cannot find a way to transfer our programs and settings over during an upgrade. I think it may be time to consider getting Linux or another non Microsoft OS permanently.
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