>1303 days of extended support remaining
Why aren't you using windows 7, /g/?
Most smart people are
/thread
>>55187107
>inb4 the next W7 service pack is really just W10 with every instance of the number 10 changed to 7
>>55187116
Using abandonware OS is considered smart? wew
>>55187147
When abandonware is better than the newest version, yes it is.
>>55187107
i don't give a fucking shit.
I didn't even have the update of windows 7 ( beside one for rainmeter )
and all my shit work.
So kek
lol I can't believe there are still people using old hipster shit like 7 in 2016. Why wouldn't you use Windows 10? It's completely free and a big improvement over the already great predecessors. Just try it out you fools. Windows 10 has gone a long way since the beta. It has the highest adoption rate of any Windows version ever for a reason. It also takes less than 1 hour and you can always go back to Windows 7 or 8 with no strings attached.
>>55187169
10 rupees as a bonus because your English is improving Pajeet.
>>55187169
>for a reason
And we all know what that reason is. It's forced updates.
>>55187178
you always say that freetard
>>55187154
Good thing it isn't then
>>55187169
i tryed it
i puke'd
>>55187147
>Using abandonware OS is considered smart? wew
Most banks are still using XP. Most banks have all our money. Time to reexamine the definition of smart.
>>55187179
Speak for yourself. I upgraded because it's free and so far it's really great OS. Faster and more secure.
Enjoy you deprecated meme.
>>55187220
>Speak for yourself. I upgraded because it's free
Not everything is about you anon.
Win10 only has forced updates to thank for its high adoption.
>>55187220
How can it be more secure when it has more attack vectors due to all the telemetry.
>>55187249
>listening to freetard FUD
>>55187116
>>55187107
7 is literally a worse version of vista sp1 and 8 is faster and generally better anyways
>>55187266
Win10 has been given away for free. You don't do that unless you have an alternative way to make money.
>>55187186
>islamic communism tier countries are the biggest users of loonix
Be smart, use Windows. Don't support communism.
>>55187266
>we have those sweeping generalizations in our EULA that say we can fuck you any way we want, but don't worry - here is a meaningless web page that says none of this is going to be used against you!
>>55187284
kek
It's the dumb store nobody uses. Think about it. 8 had it too. That's why it had the discount. Thankfully nobody used it anyway.
>>55187266
Five more rupees rajesh. You are doing a great job today. Keep up the good work.
>>55187287
top jej
>>55187186
>suomi mainittu
torilla tavataan
>>55187107
How about you list some things ghat make windows 7 better than 10?
Hi guys
>>55187556
Kys
>>55187217
>Most banks are still using XP.
Citation needed.
>>55187705
95% of ATM """""""""""""'machines""""""""""""""""" hadn't upgraded from windows XP as of 2016.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/04/technology/security/atm-windows-xp/
>>55187705
>>55187747
I mean as of 2014
>>55187759
What should they upgrade to? 8 with metro interface? Kek
>>55187169
Free? Selling your soul to Microsoft and using closed source non free software. No way
>>55187138
jesus that has got to be the worst installer ever
>>55188115
It was designed by bunch of pajeets.
Because I have linux gentoo and linux gentoo is better
>>55187284
Microsoft really only makes their money from selling licences to businesses and institutions. We have always been their beta testers
>>55187107
Because POSReady2009, a variant of XP (the most superior OS and last good one by MS), is still supported.
>>55188207
This is an acceptable answer.
>>55187107
But I am
Daily reminder that Microsoft pays NVIDIA and AMD to to gimp their graphics drivers for Windows 7 and 8.1 to incentivize users to """upgrade""".
>>55188407
>VM
Gaylord
>>55187284
Windows 10 isn't free. It was given as a free upgrade to people who had a valid windows 7, 8, or 8.1 license on a retail or OEM edition, only as a digital entitlement against the motherboard that's not portable.
You build a new PC, you have to buy a license or use an existing windows 7 or 8 retail license on the computer.
You buy a new PC, the OEM purchases a Windows license on your behalf.
As far as why the upgrade was made free: The benefits of new operating systems are no longer so vast that people are lining up en masse outside stores to buy retail upgrade editions anymore, and they need to get everyone on versions of Windows with the store for the unified Windows phone/windows desktop/xbox one platform with apps to work.
>>55188518
Pull down your panties, my cock is hard XDD
>>55188583
Good work Pajeet! I see your english classes have paid off. Here is a big red rupee as payment for all the time you spend shilling.
>>55187147
>abandonware
>still supported
Uhhuh
>>55187107
I want to play old games. That's all my W7 partition is for, really. If W10 was lighter and had better support for old stuff, I'd probably upgrade to that.
>>55187169
10 dollars have been deposited into your account, Mr. Pajeet
>>55187107
Because its going to be harder to use on newer hardware. Vendors wont be supporting those old versions on the newer laptops shipping with win10, You guys arent going to be able to buy new laptops and downgrade them to 7.
Because W10 Enterprise is better.
>>55187107
But I am using it :3
i'm using windows 7 sp1 home premium now, but I think I am gonna do the free upgrade soon, for two reasons.
One is dx12. The other is the 16GB ram limit on win7 home premium. Ram is so cheap now that the limit is oppressive.
>>55187522
It doesn't have an interface that looks like a retarded three year old made it
>>55189195
I run 7 on a dell XPS 15. Scaling is even better on 7 than on 10, as you can choose between the older (better text, possibly buggy on some programs, though it worked on everything tha I tried without any problem) or newer (blurry text, presumably better compatibility) version.
>>55187705
>YFW Banks are still using cobol and fortran and hiring people that major in them because there's so much information already built around it it's cheaper to do it like that.
>>55188630
>Don't spend it all in one place!
>>55189307
Im running 10 on an old dell d630 and its basically like a brand new laptop. Runs way faster than 7 ever did on it.
>>55189287
people said the same thing about windows 7 on this very board, proclaiming XP for life and all sorts of nonsense about it being better because CLASSIC UI IS PERFECT
which is funny because 10 looks more like classic than default 7 in terms of no gradients and rounding all over the place, but still somehow it's the worst thing ever
I'm not sure why every new OS generation there are the few who swear they'll never change etc etc. it's like the nerd version of being the old person who refuses to upgrade from his VHS because it's "good enough"
>>55189337
To me 7 and and 10 run the same. I tried them all on the same machine, benchmarks, everything runs the same. Even boot times (UEFI disabled, 7 boots in less than 10 seconds) are the same to me.
>>55188407
WOW m8 ONLY A 1 ON THE WINDOWS™ EXPERIENCE™ INDEX™?
>>55187107
I would be but it looks like ass
>>55189367
That's a horrible analogy.
Windows 7 does absolutely everything and it's not a bloated piece of crap.
A better analogy would be someone who trades in cars every two years for absolutely no reason
Is there a list on shit to disable once you upgrade? I'm still on 7 but in the CASE I upgrade at some point I'd like to know everything beforehand. Ranging from control panel settings to registry modifications. Also of course the cortana bullcrap.
>>55189414
don't upgrade if you are going to use home or pro, they're cancer infested shit.
enterprise or long term support base are less so
>what to disable
a lot of shit, took me 6 hours to go through group policy and be sure.
>>55187107
Because 10 is objectively better.
>>55189367
Who cares about the UI when it's literally a government intelligence agency surveillance platform?
>>55189412
a car is a large investment, your OS is free and it costs nothing but the max of 30 minutes to format.
so if you want to talk about bad analogies... if people could get a new car for free with only 30 minutes of time and had the ability to get their old car back in the same time MAYBE yours would work
and if they could I guarantee you'd have people ordering up new cars to try out daily
>>55189424
Jesus fucking Christ, I have better things to do than disabling "hidden" shit on a new OS. I wasn't planing to upgrade in the near future. Maybe in 1-2 years or longer. Maybe they fixed Win10 by then. Probably not.
DX12 is intriguing and I do like the looks of it, except for the horrendous start menu.
>>55189398
I don't care about manchild benchmarks, redirect yourself to >>>/v/
>>55189442
>implying you aren't being spied on in all facets of life
you realize how ALL of these companies work right?
>>55189476
It took me 6 hours but I've installed it on two other computers and it now takes 30-45 minutes of disabling stuff. And still can't disable the most basic kind of information they collect (supposedly for system update information and health) and we can all tinfoil about that to world's end.
I prefer it over 7 or 8.
>>55189479
>the stupid all or nothing argument
Just because I can't get to being surveilled 0% of the time doesn't mean I should just settle for 100%. I can mitigate it quite a lot.
>>55189496
I'll probably end up installing it on a virtual machine and try it out. Did that once before way back when the first (Alpha/Beta?) release was available to the public. But I guess a lot has changed.
>>55187107
Because the included backup function is absolute shit on windows 7 and works a charm on windows 10
>>55189540
People say there isn't change in speed, but to me Enterprise has been the fastest wangblows. Not that it says much, since they're still slower than say Debian, Xubuntu etc..
if I had second SSD I'd just use Linux full time but I'm a faggot that plays too much video games and have latest hardware so I run into problems with it and im too stupid to solve em on my own
>>55188115
>jesus that has got to be the worst installer ever
No installer I ever used in my life was so easy and idiot proof.
>>55187747
Do you know what it costs to replace 250000 atm machines?
Also why should they? It is a closed system, not your home computer connecting directly to the internet with all it's problems.
>>55188407
Why are you using a computer from the last century?
>>55189385
>To me 7 and and 10 run the same. I tried them all on the same machine, benchmarks, everything runs the same. Even boot times (UEFI disabled, 7 boots in less than 10 seconds) are the same to me.
That means added features like bitlocker, better windows backup and other tools and less hardware limitations with the same performance.
What's not to like?
Windows 10 ran hell of a lot faster than 7 or 8.1 on my shitty old laptop from 2009
>>55189624
Stupid namefag, use your brain
>>55187107
Because its the new windows XP/2000
>No DX12 support
>No windows store support
>will fall prey to exploits and bugs in the os because dumbshits refuse to update or upgrade to 10 or run windows update at all
>Already 10 years old at its base (windows vista 6.0)
i loved it but it was just time to move on.
>>55187107
Because I'm not retarded. You people are the new autists who were still clinging to Windows XP a few years back.
>finally get a girlfriend
>she uses Windows
>she is unwilling to migrate to GNU
Dropped.
>>55189609
>Do you know what it costs to replace 250000 atm machines?
No. How much does it cost?
>>55189643
>bitlocker
I have that in 7 too. And I've yet to find any way that 7 limits my PCs. As for other tools, the only addition are the METRO applications, and I have no interest in using them. They're slow as hell compared to Win32 counterparts.
>>55189807
people still unironically cling to XP
at least i dont see any vista or windows 8 anymore
>>55187269
The UI for 8/8.1 is ass. 7 is the best one windows has ever had.
>>55189825
>Finally get a girlfriend
>She asks me to add her on Facebook
>Explain "I don't have a Facebook account because I value my own privacy and only use free (as in freedom) non proprietary platforms; any self respecting person should not have an account on Facebook."
Dropped
>>55189919
I use W10 and I absolutely - unironically think - that the Classic Theme which was available in 8.1 is the best UI Wangblows has ever had.
>>55189942
my 8.1 doesn't have a classic theme
>>55187107
But i am.
I don't see the point of windows 10. All the "new features" are useless for me and the UI is a piece of shit worse than outdated aero but at least it's themeable.
>>55187107
because windows 10 is better
>>55189988
What? I remember having classic theme in 8.1
>>55189994
better at what? sending "telemetry" data to the NSA?
>>55187284
>how do they make money?
When you buy a new computer/laptop and you need an OS.
They'll make you pay them $200 for the privilege of using their product.
Also if you change mobos they'll jew you then too because Windows 10 associates itself with your motherboard.
>He thinks that giving it out for 'free' means they don't make money
When everyone is used to windows 10 nobody will use anything else. The vendor lock in benefits are far far greater than any perceived revenue loss by suspicious neckbeards/
>>55190046
>Also if you change mobos they'll jew you then too because Windows 10 associates itself with your motherboard.
It is a sad day when idiots in /g/ unironically spout this, and even worse when some retards believe it.
>>55189825
>finally get a girlfriend
>It's a whale of a male in a dress
>tried pretending and even came once
>crying fo days fro PTSD and can't stop vomitting
>Dropped
Ftfy
>>55190064
It actually does, I've tried migrating my windows 10 hard drive to a new set of hardware, they'll ask for a new license in their usual nagware fashion.
>>55190099
hilarious shitpost lad
>>55190013
>telemetry data to the NSA?
>muh gubment i spying on me I is so spehshul
Nobody cares
>>55190119
don't you have a street to shit in, sanjay?
>>55190119
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-license-hardware-configuration
Stop being a moron.
>>55190130
millennials, everyone
>>55190148
>millenials, everyone
You spout memes without proof, why should anyone care?
Are you a terrorist or a pedophile?
Windows 10 runs faster and it has support for DX12.
That's enough for me.
>>55190159
>memes without proof
>who is Edward snowden
>>55190140
The past six months I've swapped my motherboard three times and I have had zero fucking nags or bitching in 10 Enterprise (that's actually legitimate, got MSDN account). Only time I entered key was during the first installation sometime 8 months ago.
>>55190148
Seriously though, in the age of facebook, instagram, and 10,000,0000,000 other 'apps' that know your location which you give up 'willingly' are you afraid that the NSA might not know what porn you've been surfing based on their ISP level spying that's been proven?
If you want privacy disconnect from the internet.
>>55190159
>only terrorists and pedophiles care about privacy
okay, post your chat history, HDD contents, and passwords for us to see. you don't have anything to hide, do you? :^)
>>55190203
>Snowden
He's a mad as fuck ex government employee.
>Muh Snowden.
>>55190204
>windows 10 Enterprise
Yeah not everyone has that level of access you shitty fuck. Of course the Enterprise editions won't have that problem they also cost a fuckton of money.
>>55190221
nobody's forcing you to use a smartphone or social media though. I'm certainly not, and not because I'm afraid of gubmint tracking, but because they are a waste of time and money and utterly uninteresting. a dumbphone works just as well for calls and texts.
>>55190232
Are you the NSA? Do you have legitimate uses for the data?
No?
Fuck off, and keep giving google all your metadata because you can vote for google and facebook because they
re subject to judicial oversight amirite?
>being this retarded in 2016
>>55190245
On another PC that is running LTSB I've swapped twice and it never asked they key again.
>inb4 why do I swap mobos.
Got the MSDN while back when MS gave accounts for free to small companies.
>>55190259
>nobodies forcing you
And nobody is forcing you to use the internet or computers either
>>55190264
who are you to define legitimate use? I think it's legitimate use, so hand over your data, friend.
>>55190277
Lucky you, I'm sure everyone is the same as you.
>Being a fucktard in 2016
>>55187107
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 because it lets me decide when I update. That way my computer won't restart when I'm doing work.
>>55190282
some sort of computer with an internet connection is pretty much needed these days, but a smartphone and social media is useless shit
>>55190294
>How do you define legitimate use?
The government has records on you, period whether you like it or not.
>Who are you to define legitimate use
You can't compel me to hand over the data, you're not the government or specifically the judiciary.
>>55190319
>Is pretty much needed these days
No it isn't, you can survive completely without a home internet connection because libraries exist. Even homeless people and prisoners have email accounts.
>>55190294
You can hold the government accountable to their actions because we are a democracy. Meanwhile everyone hands their data over to private coroporations without even blinking. This is how cucked you are, you're more afraid of the government than private fucking companies which can do whatever the fuck they want with the data you collect and you can't know about it ever.
>>55190381
United States of America hasn't been a democracy in ages, if they ever were. Don't kid yourself, maybe in name only.
>>55190412
>USA isn't a democracy
Tell that to Trump voters.
>>55189825
>Date weird guy from my class, he is fat and ugly but he is kinda nerd so would fix my gadgets for free
>Realize how much of a weirdo he is, he got all mad at me when i turned my PC on and started babbling about "gen 2" or something like that
>Doesn't worth it, ill just pay to get my shit repaired
Dropped
>>55187747
>mfw I wrote my uni paper on "cybercrime: small-medium businesses" that focused heavily on vulnerability such as outdated hardware I.e win xp everywhere
>>55187169
Already tried and it fucking sucks, I don't even understand how people can use it. When windows 7 days will be over I'll just switch to linux.
>>55187747
>mfw everyone willingly gives up their pin numbers to spyware ridden machines like these everyday without even blinking
Because Windows 7 is bloated dog shit that drains my laptop battery and consumes more resources than necessary.
>>55190487
*software*
It was something that pique my interest after noticing that a lot of these businesses run xp with little to no security software. So I cross sectioned it with the rise of cybercrime and it's changing targets, tactics (hitrun,ransomware).
>>55189464
Not if the new car was already known to be a complete piece of shit due to other people already trying it and telling you.
>>55190319
If you don't use yer smartphone like a computer it's not the phone that needs to be smart.
>>55187116
>smart people
>Using Windows
>>55190884
Ellon Musk uses Windows
>>55189807
Windows 7 is a supported platform and works fine. What will Windows 10 give me that I don't already have?
Tell us why we are autistic.
>>55190982
>Tell us why we are autistic.
You are on /g/
>>55190982
It's just better, faster and more efficient
>>55190982
it will give you more botnet and give pajeet more rupees
>>55191000
Care to show me some benchmarks? Windows 10 has performance issues with its drivers, compatibility issues, and is currently a poor choice for gaming.
Windows 10 was created for the Windows Store. It nets Microsoft money. Its tile layout is absolute garbage, and looks like shit. It's difficult to use, and it's "flat" which seems to be the trend today.
Windows 7 offers a cohesive layout. I feel more comfortable with it.
>>55191098
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/microsoft-claims-edge-can-offer-70-percent-better-battery-life-than-chrome/
>Issues with it's drivers
Maybe last year when it was new, not anymore.
>>55191000
nice buzzwords
you forgot innovative™ and responsive™ too
>>55187556
>censoring cp
I'll upgrade to Windows 10 if proof is provided that it is possible to use it without getting your data collected.
>>55191453
You don't use Google or Apple products I hope.
including Captcha.
>>55191149
>microsoft-claims
>>55191480
I solve captchas while shitposting on 4chan via my Windows VM on my Macbook.
What's the problem?
I was using W7 until this happened >>55191449
Because I don't use Windows. Windows 8 is better anyway.
>>55187116
Linuxfag here, but statistically, of course.
Windows' user share is about 95.4%, so if we assume 10% of the population is smart and even assume every non-windows user is one of them, Windows still has 54% of the smart people.
>>55187287
>Uruguay
>Commies
lmao
But I am, feels good man
Every Windows 10 software I've installed for my relatives so far has been the most stupid shit ever. It took me five minutes just to find the System or Control Panel windows. Fucking FIVE MINUTES. THEN I had to spend about ten bringing it back to the normal start menu look cause my grandma, being a Windows veteran, absolutely hated the Windows 10 UI. I'm glad I dont have this shit on my home computer. There's nothing convenient about having those stupid windows ads on my start programs or having that stupid touch screen UI. Nothing about it is fun to use.
>>55189735
windows 7 still gets security updates ya dingus. It's not the new XP until security support is dropped.
I'am using win7 you know why?
Because win8 is a failed attempt for a OS which can run on tablets and Desktop PC's.
Win10 is the failed attempt to improve that, but well they improved it still looks like shit but it works better than Win8.
Thats all it is.
OH and just one more thing why im still using win7, the boot config. In the Win7 startup you have about 5 sec. time to hit the F(fill number here) button. In Win10 you have to smash your keyboard through cause you have barely a second ti hit the button in the right time. gg Windows
>>55188672
>dollars
*rupees
>>55188407
how did you make the dock look so nice anon?
>>55187420
muiden hyvinvointimaiden joukossa
HOW DO YOU FUCK UP SOMETHING AS INTEGRAL AS SEARCH ON YOUR OS
HOW DO YOU GO FROM WORKING-FINE WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES TO "did you install firefox anon? i can't find it also here's the weather" WINDOWS 10 SHIT???
Don't like proprietary software.
>>55187169
>using Windows 10
>ever
>>55194149
> >using Windows 10
> >ever
No one actually does that. That because those who have w10 are being used by it, not the other way around.
>>55193920
install launchy
>>55187107
Already using it.
>>55187522
Not going to say anything about backwards compatibility for old early 00-era games, just vmware the operating system the old game was designed for, go into XP mode, or boot into your win XP partition for it.
About the only real advantages of 7 over 10 are the ability to control your updates (I turned it off because fuck it), not having a retarded start menu with stupid "A B C" title headings, no tiles, and a search function that isn't retarded. Everything else under the hood screams upgraded Vista like every other Microsoft OS after Vista.
>>55193920
Tell me your horror story.
>>55194181
Fuck that. Classic Shell is superior.
>>55187138
>two fucking hours to install
>>55187186
>Hitler drank water
>water is evil!
Unlike you, though, Hitler also used a toilet.
>>55187107
>1303 days of extended support remaining
>hurr it stopts werking after they stop superting it
because Im still on XP you fucking cuck.
Whats the matter, cant support your own system?
>>55194626
Any experience installing XP on Haswell and up hardware? All I see googling it is that it's a bitch to install.
>>55194650
No clue about new hardware, I was just talking shit because people think that just because "they are not going to support it" means "everyone is not going to support it"
>>55187186
>Finland
>Estonia
>countries that somewhat respect the civil liberties of their citizens
>rest
>third world shitholes with oppressive governments where no one can even afford windows or os x
Wow, enlightening chart m8
What exactly does that support even mean?
>>55195068
1303 days of attempting to get you to upgrade to windows 10
>>55187107
>neo-XPfags
>>55195068
1303 days to get updates before you are left behind.
I'm a wagecuck and much of my work requires botnet 10.
Joke's on them though I boot arch on the side.
>>55190928
>cucklord supreme uses windows
i dont think anyone on /g/ uses windows
>>55187138
>>55195578
what the fuck did I just watch
>>55187138
holy shit. installing arch linux, all the softwares needed and configuring it take less time than upgrading windows 7 to windows 10.
How people can use this shit?
>>55195304
I think half /g/ uses windows. I think they are mostly coming from /v/, so I don't know if you consider them as /g/ or not.
>>55187107
So what happens after this time is up? Are you all going to upgrade to Windows 10, or stick around with 7? Won't it get more vulnerable without updates?
>>55195869
>Won't it get more vulnerable without updates?
It was vulnerable to begin with, no amount of patching can fix windows.
>>55195869
I'm sticking with Windows 7. Never had problems with it, and even if it has vulnerabilities I don't do anything so important on it that I'd care about them.
