Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support for the somewhat failed Windows 8.1
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Darkiee
So, what happens few months before MS ditches mainstream support for W10? New age W11? Oo
BlueRay
They do. They end support for older Windows 10 builds. There won't be Windows 11 for years if ever.
nevcairiel
The time gets extended everytime a new Windows 10 release appears, so as long as they keep making those twice a year, it will be a long time before its out of support.
rl66
They won't end support for W10 and it won't extend the W10's support time.
W10 is supported with latest public build, and it's logical: why spend money with a build if the correction is in latest build? (i know some prefer build 15**, but it's like that for general use build 17** is faster and correct a lot of issue).
It was already like that with previous Windows like even XP wich latest support were SP2 for X64 and SP3 for X86 version only.
lucidus
Big deal. Their mainstream support doesn't amount to much these days anyway.
CoMmAnDrX2
As much as I hated Windows 8/8.1 at release it has been a much more reliable OS compared to Windows 10 imo. Only real issue I've had with 8/8.1 was no Start Menu which was resolved with installing Start8.
Turanis
Still will have security patches until 2023.
"...for the somewhat failed Windows 8.1" After the failure of Windows 10,after 2 years of his release,Windows 8.1 is really good now for gaming or else.Windows 7 will be alive even after 2020.
ClassicShell 4.3.1 is a good choice for Start menu,which includes Windows 7 Start button.
Ricepudding
I've used every windows since 95, and 10 has been pretty darn amazing so far. fast and stable. last one that was this stable was XP service pack 3, and then maybe 7 (though i had some issues here and there on this one) 8.1 was good its just 10 is better in almost every way
craycray
Hey Hilbert,
How about keeping the opinions out of the headlines? Be like BBC not Fox.
Thanks.
RzrTrek
Another reason for my backworld friend to upgrade to Windows 10.
Ricepudding
This is a fourm and tech site made for debates and opinions. That's what makes this site so great, don't like it move on.
Anyway it is a known fact that windows 8/8.1 was a commercial failure. it never held up as well as 7/10 has
asturur
If 8 wasn't a failure, they would not rush a win 10.
CrazY_Milojko
Looking from MS's financial perspective it was a failure, no doubt they haven't milked market enough with Win8/8.1 as they expected they could/should. Win7 was adopted more than MS could handle when Win8 and later Win8.1 was released, they couldn't do much about it, Win8/8.1 sales were poor so only solution for them is to drop mainstream support for Win7 and now Win8.1, release something "fresh and revolutionary new" in shape of Win10 and start milking the market once again. But Win7 is still way to strong, despite free Win10 upgrade window (Assistive technology) expiring iirc 16. January 2018.
But if you ask me Win8.1 is a really great OS, matured in every way. Atm it's my favorite/main OS both for daily use, HTPS, bussines purposes... Fast, relieable, can't complain on anything honestly. All of my home (kids) gaming rigs are running Win8.1 Pro 64bit except my daughter's gaming PC because she refuses to let go Win7 SP1 64bit, everything else in my house is running either Win8.1 64bit or Win8.1 Pro 64bit. Silly Win8.1 Start menu is replaced with Classic Shell 4.3.1. All of my rigs i.e. Win7 or 8.1 licences on those, and that's a lot of them, few months ago are registered for future Win10 upgrade when time comes but guess not all of them are ever going to see Win10.
Fender178
Overtime they drop support for older Windows 10 builds. With me and build 1607 which I had on my desktop Windows warned me that my build was out of date and told me to update. Which said to me that support for that build is ending pretty soon.
anticupidon
I hear you.
D3M1G0D
No real surprise. Compared to Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 was a massive failure. What I like about Windows 10 is that they brought back most of what I loved about 7, while offering a more useful app store (and the free upgrade was a bonus). Converted all my machines to 10 at the earliest, and haven't looked back since.
Fierce Guppy
The amount of virtue-signalling engaged by that institutional monolith of Left-wing spin is atrocious, the latest topic surrounding what Trump allegedly said about African countries and Haiti is a mere example of the rule rather than the exception. The BBC was truly objective during the '70s, then took an anti-conservative stance when Margaret Thatcher came to power. It's now more rabidly Left-leaning than ever, always putting the most negative spin on anyone in the news that is to the political Right of it. No Hilbert. Do NOT be like the BBC.
Fender178
It is a fact not an opinion. Windows 8/8.1 is a commercial failure
Kaleid
Depends on who you listen to. If you listen to the left then they are clearly anti-Corbyn. That Trump would say something that stupid is not surprising either and had he been in power during Thatcher then he too would have sided with the apartheid regime.
Neo Cyrus
No one wanted to use it because of its retarded interface and everyone knows that. It was one of the most relatively unpopular OSes ever even among those who used it. That sounds like a failure, enough of a failure that Microsoft skipped the number 9 to try to distance their newish OS from it. Regardless of what it ended up being turned into when Microsoft stopped trying to molest everyone with it, they spent so long trying to force it on everyone that it cost the company big time.
I tried my hardest to get used to it (had it on my laptop), I just couldn't. I used 7 on my desktop until 10 was released. I still don't like the stupid sharp edges and Ribbon interface that's been around since Vista. I disable Ribbon to this day and I'd install a theme to get rid of the sharp edges if it was easy to do and every major Win 10 update didn't break themes.
