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when Windows 10 launched in 2015 pc

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users were confronted with a dilemma microsoft had in many enthusiast eyes

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been making blunder after blunder in their efforts to turn what we all

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thought was a perfectly functional operating system into some kind of idiot

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friendly touch screen fisher-price looking nonsense

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and on top of trying to fix what a broke microsoft wanted unprecedented access to

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their users data and resolved to just

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force system updates when you're right in the middle of something and all for

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what directx 12 so many power users ended up sticking

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with Windows 7 and are still using it today

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but they have a problem if you're one of these individuals you

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now have less than one year before microsoft cuts off Windows 7.

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you may not want to risk an upgrade but as aragorn said to fiden in the great

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hall of ederas upgrading is upon you whether you would

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risk it or not wait i don't think that's quite what he said it's close enough you know what

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else is close i can almost smell it so close

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now you might not realize this but in spite of microsoft practically giving

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away Windows 10 even to those with pirated installations

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most users stuck with Windows 7 rather

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than upgrading either to 8 or 10 something that only finally changed late

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last year in december net market share reported that Windows 10 installations

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rose above Windows 7 for the first time

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and now account for nearly 41 of the user base compared to Windows 7's 37

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now hopefully that number is going to continue to go down as we get closer to

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january 14 2020 the day that Windows 7

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dies because otherwise we we're gonna have some serious problems because yes

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yes okay Windows seven it's not gonna die it's not like you just

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turn on your computer and it doesn't turn on anymore it's just going

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to stop receiving feature updates bug fixes and most importantly security

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updates which are pretty important if

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you want to i don't know continue oh say

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using the internet now as it did for previous versions of

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Windows microsoft is offering extended

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security updates or esu issue

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for Windows 7 enterprise and pro editions up until january 2023 but

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this extended update service won't come

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cheap and adding insult to injury the price will double each year so three

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years of support is going to cost 175 bucks for enterprise licenses and

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350 for Windows 7 pro

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ouchy also if you're a mega ball or pc gamer

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thinking yeah no problem 350 bucks that's like what mid-tier graphics card

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sorry i've got some bad news for you too esu is only available for volume license

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subscriptions which are usually held by companies or schools

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so businesses running Windows 7 machines on microsoft says your cloud as part of

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the Windows virtual desktop program those folks get esu for free

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but again baller gamers i would imagine that

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scenario doesn't apply to you so then if

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you're just a regular Windows 7 user with a personal license

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what can you do well before we get too deep into your

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options let's take a look at why people want to hold on to Windows 7 like that

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grudge against their brother for stealing the last piece of their birthday cake even though they told them

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that they were saving it for later and hit it away way in the back of the fridge so you wouldn't know it was there

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Windows 7 was is

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kind of fantastic it's mature stable and

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reliable and offers a great amount of control over the way it behaves its

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interface is functional familiar and extremely customizable and it's got all

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your settings just the way that you like them

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i mean furthermore i wouldn't be surprised if anyone upgrading now has a

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program or two that would either require a new not to mention costly license to

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run on Windows 10 or that isn't available for it at all

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and there's other little creature comforts typing in the search bar retrieves

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results that make sense instead of a Windows setting you weren't looking for

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or a web result from bing Windows 7 doesn't incessantly ask you to

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send more of your personal information to microsoft or decide on its own when

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it's time to update whether you like it or not

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updates are available oh uh sorry you know what i'm actually

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kind of in the middle of something kind of roger that updating now

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but as awesome as Windows 7 is there are

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quite a few cons to staying with it past the end date for extended support

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besides lacking the latest antivirus protections Windows 7 won't have Windows

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10 features like device guard UEFI secure boot and Windows hello which

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offer higher overall security for your system and while gaming performance is

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about the same some things like system boot times are slower in Windows 7

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compared to Windows 10 so it turns out microsoft software engineers weren't

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just sitting around playing beer pong for the last seven to eight years

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also if you're worried about future proofing at all which you should be at

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least a little bit Windows 7 is not a great bet as software and even hardware

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makers eventually do stop providing support for legacy operating systems

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so even if you pay for esu support only lasts for three years and costs more

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than a Windows 10 license and you might be able to upgrade for free anyway

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yup even though microsoft officially ended their offer for a free upgrade to

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Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8 many users have reported successful fully

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activated upgrades by using microsoft's official upgrade utility and even if you

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have to pay bear with me for a moment here Windows 10 might not be as bad as

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you think there are a lot of happy users out there who appreciate its combination

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of the efficiency and customization of Windows 7 and the modern design of

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Windows 8. and despite microsoft's best efforts there is actually a fair bit

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that you can do to minimize their data collection and postpone system updates

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until absolutely necessary or at least until it's convenient so we're going to

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have some resources for you guys for this linked in the video description

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but let's say you draw the line at Windows 10. fine you say i'll stop using

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Windows 7 but hashtag never Windows 10.

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whoa i can tell you guys are serious because that hashtag there well for you

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guys there are other options first up there's Windows 8.1 i mean

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i doubt that you guys have stuck with Windows 7 for this long just to give in

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to the os that gabe newell called a catastrophe

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and its data collection and update system are kind of similar to Windows 10

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but at least it'll be getting security updates though realistically now that

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microsoft has learned from their mistake of supporting Windows xp 4 like ever

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that'll probably only buy you a couple of years

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so uh maybe that's not a great option so then what how about oh macOS

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while apple's desktop os has come a long

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way and is obviously used by many tech enthusiasts

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the thing is i don't see many Windows 7 die hards willingly defecting to apple's

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camp plus you would need to either buy a

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totally new computer or begin the long

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arduous process of trying to turn your existing pc into a hackintosh

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now it might be doable but even most hackintosh enthusiasts are pretty open

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about what a finicky experience that is

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leaving Linux

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now a couple of years ago i would have said that that's madness

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but Linux is a more viable option than

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ever before even for gamers

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now we're planning another follow-up video on valve's proton compatibility

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software but for now the main thing you need to know about it is that it makes

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an ever growing list of Windows games run

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flawlessly on Linux and community

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reports indicate that thousands more run pretty well

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as for the non-gamers popular Linux distros like ubuntu work great for

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productivity focused use especially if the majority of your work is done on the

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web and there are even distros that borrow heavily from Windows for their

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interface like Linux mint so your home sickness will at least be suited a

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little and then of course there's the last option stick with Windows 7. hold fast

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as your destruction edge is ever closer say goodbye to hardware or software

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upgrades and just well just don't browse the internet

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after january 14th 2020.

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with regards to that option i mean you know what god speed you brave bastard but needless

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like this video you can hit that button i'm sorry it's really bad news i get it

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but if you liked it hit like get subscribed or maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured

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Windows 10 i guess at the link in the video description also down there is our

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merch store which has cool shirts like this one and our community forum which

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canonical will ship you one if you pay like a couple bucks i think you can

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yeah but and don't pay for Linux either like it's free

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that's kind of the point