I was having this debate with a fellow tech who's in panic mode "upgrading" systems to W10 with EoS/EoL approaching for Win7. I asked why the hurry? Are these systems part of a corporate network, or was this an order from the bosses? He says no....they're friends & family whom he convinced that their systems will explode and cease to function once M$ pulls the plug on Win7.
I just had to shake my head and LOL...as that's the #1 fearmonger tactic forcing people to change OS's....the scare psychology of insecurity...... Short of some serious malware from downloading from the wrong porn site (nothing an OS update would help) or a huge gaping hole in windows is discovered (happens rarely, something like 'wannacry'), their systems will be fine.
IMHO, this day & age, what truly makes an OS obsolete is lack of web browser support....when you can no longer run a modern browser on an OS, it is then obsolete.... Someone tell me I'm wrong!
This moron couldn't understand this....I ditched XP mainstream when Mozilla dropped all XP support, which was after it was EoL. Browser support for Win7 will hang in a while after M$ EoL's it....and will remain widely used by many until the day comes when you can't run a modern browser on it.
I just had to shake my head and LOL...as that's the #1 fearmonger tactic forcing people to change OS's....the scare psychology of insecurity...... Short of some serious malware from downloading from the wrong porn site (nothing an OS update would help) or a huge gaping hole in windows is discovered (happens rarely, something like 'wannacry'), their systems will be fine.
IMHO, this day & age, what truly makes an OS obsolete is lack of web browser support....when you can no longer run a modern browser on an OS, it is then obsolete.... Someone tell me I'm wrong!
This moron couldn't understand this....I ditched XP mainstream when Mozilla dropped all XP support, which was after it was EoL. Browser support for Win7 will hang in a while after M$ EoL's it....and will remain widely used by many until the day comes when you can't run a modern browser on it.
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