It's only losing new features. The technical support lasts till 2020.

I still using XP for music production, and Win7 for gaming.
I pass about technical support, honestly.
There are great tutorials and workarounds in internet.

Have a nice day :)

Read the goddamn article before announcing fire and brimstone ffs!

"Microsoft has promised to provide security patches even after it ends mainstream support, through 2020. What is ending is design changes, warranty claims and no-charge incident support."

A normal home customer does not do warranty claims and incident support (if you are using an OEM version on your laptop, you are not even entitled for incident support!). The ONLY thing that could somehow affect you that it won't get design changes. Practically this means just and only missing Dx12 support.

Nice, while I was listening to the MOOD MUSIC, I found something interesting on right side where Youtube has suggestions, try to listen this and read the news about Win7 not giving support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN7A8vmPPo

$500 just for this shit, so going to move to Linux ;)

I'd like to use Linux, but it does not support a lot of games I'd like to play.
By the way, why do you even need that technical support? Everything is working alomst perfect, if something didnt then you just use google and fix it.

Linux is Love, Linux is Life.

this is very stupid. Win7 is still the best windows all arounds... not going to buy a windows anymore...

Damn you, Microsoft, for not supporting an old product of yours anymore many years after the successor was released!

Planned obsolescence and perceived obsolescence

Full 20 minute video here

Seriously? They really are trying to push Win8 down in our throats. I'll keep using Win7, it's the best for gaming.

Lol M$ is so desperate

A lot of crying and a lot of ignorance in this thread. But then again, it's the Internet, where hating is cool.

I finally understand the mood music. Thanks

silly microsoft!

No, It does not... geez.

I won't be upgrading to win8 for that.

8 Works completely fine.

Even if I use Win. 7 after extended support, what will happen? I know it might be more vulnerable, but will just a virus protection go against that?

There is no way in fucking hell I will EVER use that shitty downgrade of an OS Windows 8.

Windows 8.1 doesn't seem terrible, but I'm a big fan of 7 and came late to the party. I stuck with XP for a long, long time, both because Vista was terrible and I didn't feel like shelling out money for another OS. I'll keep using 7 at least until January, but I wouldn't be surprised to keep using it after that. I would have to find an actual reason to upgrade, rather that just because Microsoft wants me to.

Fuck Win 8, just lets hope they release a new and better OS till 2020.

Well, Win 7 will be perfectly fine until January 2020, so no need to panic... yet.
Though I do find this outrageous, I suspect that Win8 isn't very successful (whose demented idea it was to mix PCs and touch screen menus, anyway? That stuff belongs to smartphones and tablets!), so Microsoft is trying to force us to use that ugly garbage, whether we like it or not.

Well, there is no way I'll change to Win8, so I'm sticking with Win7 for the next ten years or so :D

I prefer to lear to use Linux and try the STEAM OS instead of install W8.