Microsoft stopped releasing critical security updates for Windows 7 a year ago, but users are still in no rush to upgrade to Windows 10
According to StatCounter, Windows 7 is still Microsoft’s second most popular operating system. But her main support stopped 5 years ago! And a year ago, Microsoft stopped releasing critical security updates for Windows 7.
Windows 7 won’t kill. 5 years after the end of mainstream support, it is still several times more popular than Windows XP, Windows 8 and Vista combined
Of course, it is wrong to say that the popularity of Windows 7 has not changed over the past year: it has decreased by 8% – from 25.56% at the beginning of 2020 to 17.6% at the end of 2020. However, even the refusal to release critical security updates and Microsoft’s strong recommendation for moving to Windows 10 did not kill Windows 7.
Moreover, according to other sources, the share of Windows 7 is even higher. For example, according to the US government, 18.9% of PCs are running Windows 7. And the most recent statistics from NetMarketShare indicate that Windows 7 is installed on 21% of computers worldwide. In general, this OS Microsoft is not going to retire yet.
