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Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 1 day ago by spicehoarder@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As the article notes, the increase seems to be driven mainly by users in Asia, where recycling and reusing older hardware is quite common. I wonder if third-party companies are offering extended security patches there, which could make affordable second-hand Windows 7 machines more appealing for people who just need them for browsing or light tasks. It would certainly make sense given recent fiascos and Microsoft’s current stance on AI, especially with generative AI being used to develop system-level code.

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[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody should be using old versions of Windows that no longer get security updates. Either switch to Linux and install all of the latest security updates, or enable the coming year of security updates on Windows 10, or run Windows 11.

[–] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Agree for a main computer but there's no risk when using Windows 7 or XP on an offline machine.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 hours ago

If it were offline machines, then they wouldn't be on these statistics

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 5 points 14 hours ago

Fair point, I guess some people might want to do that to play old games or something like that.