The time is up for Windows 7, one of the best operating systems released for Microsoft. Starting today, critical security updates for this operating system will no longer be released. This implies that Windows 7 support has ended and any vulnerabilities will not be patched by Microsoft, leaving anyone still using this operating system exposed.
On January 14, 2020, Microsoft stopped releasing conventional updates for Windows 7. Now it only receives security updates to fix critical high-risk vulnerabilities. This is considered a grace period and effective today, January 10, 2023, these updates will no longer be released.
Despite the opinions, its presence is always there
There are no certain data regarding the worldwide use of Windows 7, but it is estimated that there are still several Hundreds of millions of users using it. Starting today, your systems will be vulnerable to attack if a critical security breach occurs.
hardware and software statistics To smoke show how onlyl 0.11% of users use Windows 7. These may be users who no longer use the platform for the most part, but the figure is residual. The same does not happen with other data sources.
Mozilla collects hardware and software data from users and shows that more than 12% users who use the firefox browser They have been doing this since Windows 7. StatCounter, a fairly specialized and quality metrics site, gives us other worrying data. In October 2022, the number of Windows 7 users was less than 10%. Curiously, the December data shows strong growth, reaching a 11.2% of Windows 7 systems
It is now left for those users to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11. It is possible that no Windows 7 user meets most of the Windows 11 requirements. The normal thing would be market a Windows 10something that is simple and free. If you own a genuine copy of Win7, you can upgrade for free with the same license. Alternatively, Windows 10 can be downloaded and installed at no cost to the user.
The good thing is that statistics show that only 5.6% of Spaniards use a computer with Windows
Windows 8 is going too
Not only is support for Windows 7 ending, but also support for Windows 8. This operating system has gone unnoticed for being heavily tablet-focused. Really, no one has ever fully understood this operating system which did not take reality into account.
According to data from StatCounter, worldwide only 0.7% of systems use this software and in Europe this figure is reduced to less than 4%.
The same happens here as before, we can upgrade to Windows 10 with the same license, without paying for a new one. We can also install this operating system for free without paying a license.
In fact, Windows 10 is quite equal with Windows 7, being two good operating systems. The unfortunate thing is that Microsoft released a botched operating system optimized for Intel processors. Hopefully it will take a long time for W10 support to end.
