Originally posted by fs999 Did you remember the mess when updating in 2016 and most of your software didn't work any more ? My Windows 7 is working well without issues.
All my XP clients had no problem with ransomware, except one who let a "microsoft technician" install a software on his pc.
Will enjoy it. Thank you !
Really not getting the point. First off, anecdotal evidence is more "anecdotal" than "evidence". On that note, here's one: several terabytes of data were locked by ransomware while I was working at my previous job. The several layers of protection? Ignored. The worm was ignored by the antivirus, the network firewall and whatever measures Windows 7 had in place. There, a problem with ransomware.
Second off,
my first installation of Windows 7 resulted in a
gigantic mess of unstability to the point of rolling back to Vista. TO VISTA. To quite possibly the worst Microsoft product ever. Maybe because of the old Dell deciding to nope out, but hey.
All in all, as Photoptimist said, an update to fix a vulnerability in Win10 will indirectly expose the same one in Win7. Not only that, most companies I know of are still using Windows 7, and the massive move from Win XP happened
precisely because of its End-of-Life status. The move to 10 seems more or less inevitable, because a no-longer-supported product with a
massive install base is the juiciest target.
Still, I agree that being cautious and responsible with use is the best security layer... and for all it's worth, I am totally with you and others in that Win7 is a better OS than Win10, and honestly I would prefer it if M$ didn't force me to cripple my computer in an attempt to stop their telemetry and ridiculous integration of Cortana with the Search function among other things. I don't get any option to downgrade because thanks Asus laptops, but oh well...