From 31 October, consumers could no longer buy copies of the Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate versions of Windows 7. Now, Windows 8 is also no longer available. The change affects both copies bought in shops or loaded on PCs and laptops.
It's about to get REAL with Windows 10 next year. Microsoft has learned from their mistakes, and they are not playing around anymore.
Goodbye, the monstrous Windows 7.
You won't be missed, Windows 8.
I'm looking forward to seeing if they'll do anything drastic to change the OS. I'm still on Windows 7 on a 3 year old laptop but if Windows 10 doesn't impress me, I'll be going straight to a Mac in the next year probably.
I was one of the dumbass people who went for Windows 8 the second it was released and the nightmare was real. It took them months to fix it. At one point, my PC would cycle for hours with update errors. 8.1 was like a breath of fresh air. But I am not touching Windows 10 until Microsoft forces my hand.
