If you slipstream USB3 drivers into the Windows 7 installer you shouldn't have too many issues getting through the installer.
Should we say RIP windows 7 now?
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I run windows 7 without problems, it's not that i'm stubborn, it is that i can't afford a new OS, and I think i'm not alone either. the simple fact is that when microsoft comes out with a new OS, should we all run to them and throw our money away?
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I consider it a dead platform already, alongside Windows 8 (8.1 and 10 are current). But I won't be dropping the Windows 7 Recovery Disc from MediCat for a few years yet. 
I still use windows 7, I don't see a point to upgrade, if someone is to bring up games, I don't play pc games, unless you count those rare moments that haven't happened for a long time, when I use my pc for emulators and i can't remember the last time i did that.
Windows 10 was free when it came out. And for an entire year. So that's not an excuse in this case. Everyone and their mom's dog got the memo too, so you'd have to be living without internet NOT to know about it.
There is an open source patch that bypasses the CPU check that doesn't even modify any system files but patches out the check in memory. I use it for my Win7 VMs as it is much easier than setting up virtualbox to fake the CPU version and good luck running more than two copies of Windows 10 even with 24GB of RAM.
windows 7 is only really dead when it stops getting security updates. the fact that newer processors aren't being supported is annoying, but sort-of expected for a system currently in extended support.
what's really bullshit is windows 8.1 is not getting support for these processors, despite being in MAINSTREAM support, i.e. the stage where windows 8.1 is expected to get support for new hardware released during this period.
what's really bullshit is windows 8.1 is not getting support for these processors, despite being in MAINSTREAM support, i.e. the stage where windows 8.1 is expected to get support for new hardware released during this period.
you are grossly misinformed. I have a windows 7 installation usb stick with nvme driver support. There are plenty of videos on youtube that show you how to install win 7 on pc's with nvme drives and 8th gen intel processors. support doesn't equal compatibility. just do a little research.
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I used this to install windows 7 with usb drivers and nvme support.
I am content to have windows 7 on machines I am responsible for (and my general policy on such things is I will clean up your virus woes but much prefer to be called to even debug a spreadsheet better yet teach you something cool and thus take steps to avoid virus woes).
Calling it dead seems to be massively premature (got two years before the end official support). Indeed I much much prefer 7 to 10 and am quite happy to have put the windows 10 update killer on all the machines I did. I know I can make 10 usable but why bother.
Should firefox chuck in the towel before said support ends in 2020 (I assume Chrome is still disappearing up its own arse) then I might revisit "dead or not" issue but that would be what I consider done. If skype is still relevant then and somehow does not support 7 (would be odd but nobody is likely to call modern skype competently managed and coded) then also maybe.
If you are the type inclined to be bored by very nicely shaded polygons of the higher end games world then you are used to paying through the nose for things and generally operate in a different world to the rest of us. Given said new hardware does not allow much radical change beyond that, has no major security woes and basic day to day/office/internet stuff more or less continues to be perfectly doable on core2 era machines, never mind things far newer than that, then eh. At that point a nice refurb machine for pocket change will do me stunningly again.
I doubt I will be downgrading anything to 7 that does not need it (don't know if I have encountered that yet, plenty of things that don't work on anything newer than XP but not 7 yet) but at the same time I am not going to be pushing 10.
Calling it dead seems to be massively premature (got two years before the end official support). Indeed I much much prefer 7 to 10 and am quite happy to have put the windows 10 update killer on all the machines I did. I know I can make 10 usable but why bother.
Should firefox chuck in the towel before said support ends in 2020 (I assume Chrome is still disappearing up its own arse) then I might revisit "dead or not" issue but that would be what I consider done. If skype is still relevant then and somehow does not support 7 (would be odd but nobody is likely to call modern skype competently managed and coded) then also maybe.
If you are the type inclined to be bored by very nicely shaded polygons of the higher end games world then you are used to paying through the nose for things and generally operate in a different world to the rest of us. Given said new hardware does not allow much radical change beyond that, has no major security woes and basic day to day/office/internet stuff more or less continues to be perfectly doable on core2 era machines, never mind things far newer than that, then eh. At that point a nice refurb machine for pocket change will do me stunningly again.
I doubt I will be downgrading anything to 7 that does not need it (don't know if I have encountered that yet, plenty of things that don't work on anything newer than XP but not 7 yet) but at the same time I am not going to be pushing 10.
i wont get Minecraft windows 10 edition which is more efficient
Because windows 10 is horrible that's why. You have to use a third party app to have a decent start button. Ms records alot of user activity and sends data to ms. The wireless networking interface is shit. the you need to be able to get into settings to boot to safe mode is crap. The bland user interface is crap. i can go on but i think you get the point.
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No idea what you mean by "Decent start menu" since it's basically an improved Windows 7 start menu, but with tiles (that you can remove). That's more personal taste than anything. Same with your "bland interface" complaint.
MS added patches that records user data on XP+, so unless you're using Windows 98, that argument is invalid. Get off the internet if you're really that butthur5 about your privacy. Unless you're only using Tor 24/7, your "precious user data" is being shared by various programs and sites, regardless of OS.
You don't need to use the Windows 10 wifi interface, you still have access to all pre-windows 10 settings, you literally just have to open control panel as normal. Though no idea why you think it's bad, it basically streamlines connecting to access points. Boohoo?
And you don't need to "go into settings" to reboot into safe mode, you just hold shift when you click restart, and then choose advanced boot options. Literally takes less time than previous methods and two whole button presses.
If you're gonna bitch and moan about an OS, at least know what you're talking about instead of joining a baseless circle jerk
Wait, you actually like Aero? Jesus fuck, how can you actually complain about Metro? Aero was uglier than sin during the transparency/gradient fad, and it's not gotten better with age. Also, I find it hilariously ironic that people here, on a homebrew oriented forum of all places, still don't know about UX style patching. Behold; what anyone can do on Windows 10 in five minutes.
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One of the Windows 8 betas had a really sexy Aero theme, I just forget which build number it was. It had the flatness of 8/10, but still kept the blurred glass effect from 7/Vista. I think it was built mid-Metro UI transition. But god-damn it was sexy. And I'm sad the beta This PC and Networking icons got scrapped, they looked modern as hell. They were only in a build or two. Wish I had screenshots.
I got windows 10 when I bought my new laptop. I bought a $10 product key and installed it no problem. At the time it was the only way I was gonna play killer instinct without owning a xbox one. Had I known It was gonna be on steam later in the year, I may have not installed windows 10. My previous laptop has Windows 7 and used it for 5 years. They offered me a free upgrade to windows 10 but was reluctant cause of the outdated hardware not supporting it. The only thing annoying with windows 10 is that it has it's own app store, and some apps don't allow use cause of some advance permissions required other than just having admin permission. I also notice the system crashes a bit often for something I had only about 6 months, I haven't installed anything unsafe and had no reports of viruses either.
Is not bad but is not much better than it was before. Some features seem okay while others like cortana get unused. I mostly use it for amusement at times.
Is not bad but is not much better than it was before. Some features seem okay while others like cortana get unused. I mostly use it for amusement at times.
There's really not much reason to upgrade if you still like 7. It's the last version of Windows to have decent audio drivers. Apparently performance is pretty similar between 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. The Creators update for Windows 10 also fucked up my download speed on my desktop.
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