Windows 7 is gone, but what’s next for Windows 10?
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Reported today in The Verge.
Windows 7 is gone, but what's next for Windows 10?
Yesterday's computer news was about something old: Windows 7. After 11 years, Microsoft is officially ending support for it - though as Tom Warren notes, there's a healthy chance the company will blink and provide some kind of security update at some point for something critical.
Windows has a reputation for shipping a good version, then a bad version. Windows 7 was one of the good versions, and upgrades to Windows 10 are free for consumers. That means you can skip right over Windows 8, and more power to you.
Now, the future for Windows is harder to divine. Microsoft won't be releasing a "Windows 11," but instead updating Windows 10 on whatever cadence it can decide on from year to year. Early on it seemed like it wanted to be a lot like Chrome OS in issuing updates on a regular and frequent cadence, but lately things are moving a little slower as some bugs have crept in. There's also Windows 10X coming later this year, the version of Windows 10 designed for foldable devices.
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