Tuesday, March 14th 2017
Microsoft Ending Vista Support April 11th, Says Few Older Computers Ready for 10
Windows Vista, an OS that faced large amounts of criticism in life, is finally being laid down to die. Whether the criticism was fair, whether it was a victim of its own faults or the faults of simply being too ahead of its time (a question that is still being hotly debated to this day), it matters not now: it's done. On April 11th, Microsoft is ending Windows Vista support.
If you still happen to be using the OS, you may want to consider upgrading. Running an older, unsupported OS is not recommended for general security reasons. The latest bugfixes and exploit patches will simply no longer be issued, and Microsoft will have nothing to do with the OS from this point forward.
In its farewell to Vista, Microsoft makes the obvious upgrade pathway clear: Windows 10. It then goes on to make the fairly bold claim that "Very few older computers are able to run Windows 10." Factually, this depends a lot on what you call "old" and perhaps even, what you consider "running." It may be true that some machines bought in the Vista Era may be sub-optimal for Windows 10, but not all, and most of them can probably run still "run it." As an example; this news writer is currently writing from a 1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo Panasonic CF-52 Toughbook with Intel Integrated Graphics and it runs Windows 10 fine. Actually, if you have a DirectX 9 capable CPU and around a gig or two of ram then there really aren't many machines in that class that can't run Windows 10. Obviously the more you put in, the more you get, but that is nothing new.
If this were an editorial, I would theorize that this is Microsoft attempting to push users into upgrading their hardware to a new prebuilt computer for their own benefit. But as this is not an editorial, I will leave that claim to you, the reader.
This post is simply a tech-funeral for Vista. The comments be what they may, Vista will soon be EOL'd. Do you have any fond memories of Vista, or absolutely hated moments you'd like to share? Do you think Microsoft is up to no good pushing PC upgrades, or did a weasel-word news editor just put that thought in your head? We'd love to hear all your Vista related thoughts, below.
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If you still happen to be using the OS, you may want to consider upgrading. Running an older, unsupported OS is not recommended for general security reasons. The latest bugfixes and exploit patches will simply no longer be issued, and Microsoft will have nothing to do with the OS from this point forward.
If this were an editorial, I would theorize that this is Microsoft attempting to push users into upgrading their hardware to a new prebuilt computer for their own benefit. But as this is not an editorial, I will leave that claim to you, the reader.
This post is simply a tech-funeral for Vista. The comments be what they may, Vista will soon be EOL'd. Do you have any fond memories of Vista, or absolutely hated moments you'd like to share? Do you think Microsoft is up to no good pushing PC upgrades, or did a weasel-word news editor just put that thought in your head? We'd love to hear all your Vista related thoughts, below.
55 Comments on Microsoft Ending Vista Support April 11th, Says Few Older Computers Ready for 10
you want to compare 2006 launch vista with broken drivers & old hardware to 2009 7 with stable drivers??
you claim the SAME HARDWARE is freezing & broken in vista, yet 'WAY better' on 7... how? 7 isnt a completely different OS, obviously i have used both of them, yes on the same hardware, never an issue, i started vista in 2008 after the service packs so i dont have some old irrelevant memory
if you dont understand how to make a proper comparison in the same time frame (2009) on the same hardware, then that's pretty stupid
night & day is linux vs windows...
No im not, im not comparing a 2006 launch vista to a 2009 7 at all, I never said that at all, YOU said that, so get your facts straight first.
Dude, its pretty clear you have no clue, so you best stop talking crap you have no idea about before you make sure self look even more silly. IF you havent used a Vista PC of any kind that is FULLY up to date vs the same PC with W7 on it FULLY up to date and dont even see the difference (which is pretty fucking clear) then sorry your wasting my time and the readers on this forum.
So by the sounds of things you have maybe tried Vista and 7 on what? 2 PC's? mate I have done HUNDREDS and 90% run like a busted ass hole even when fully up to date on Vista. Yes there are 10% that run very well on Vista but the other 90% DO NOT! Put Windows 7 on a Vista PC (as most of the drivers still work with 7 from Vista) and the machine runs so much better, smoother, faster, non of the dreaded "not responding" crap that Vista loves to do.
There is a reason why Vista failed, it sucked, period!
And there is a reason why 7 is the best and most used OS today, it worked!
Drops mic
there is no such massive failure rate seen all over the internet with updated vista, there would only be 'this mobo has bad drivers' or 'this gpu driver fails'
drops mic? really? that doesnt sound like something an actual technician would say