• Windows 7 and 8.1 will be supported on Skylake processors until July, 2018

    Posted on March 18, 2016 at 14:25 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Microsoft just extended its deadline for compatibility and reliability fixes for Win7 and 8.1 running on the newest Intel processors (6th-generation “Skylake”) until July 17, 2018.

    More importantly, all security patches will be available until Win7 and Win8.1 end of life: Jan 14, 2020 for Win7 and Jan 10, 2023 for Win 8.1.

    Source: Microsoft

    For normal Windows 7 and 8.1 users, that’s a good deal. It means that you can buy a fast, new Intel-based computer and trust Microsoft to keep providing updates for it until mid-2018. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Microsoft extended that, too.

    The key is the security patches. Basically, you can buy a new computer, slap Win7 on it and, if you can get the drivers to work, you don’t have to worry about it going obsolete until it’s… well, until it’s obsolete.

    Who knows what’ll happen by 2020.

    More details here.

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