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posted by n1 on Monday January 04 2016, @09:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the own-worst-enemy dept.

Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software and hardware compatibility, security and more.

[...] There’s only one problem with Capossela’s statements: they are complete rubbish. Windows 7 is no less secure than Windows 10 (it will be supported until 2020) and no less compatible with new hardware and software. In fact its far greater market share means it is developers’ priority and has greater compatibility with legacy programmes and peripherals. If Fallout 4 won’t run on your Windows 7 computer, it will be upgrading your components not installing Windows 10 which fixes that.

As for fragmentation, the only issue that creates is for Microsoft and its target of getting one billion devices running Windows 10 within 2-3 years of release.

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  • (Score: 2) by Marand on Tuesday January 05 2016, @01:15AM

    by Marand (1081) on Tuesday January 05 2016, @01:15AM (#284889) Journal

    Oh wow, that's even more insane. My estimate came from what NoScript was showing as allowable domains. I guess Ghostery killed most of the crap before NS even got a chance to list it.

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