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PC Makers Won't Be Allowed to Sell Windows 7 PCs After October 2016

PC Makers Won't Be Allowed to Sell Windows 7 PCs After October 2016 4b5a6e

By Manish Singh | Updated: 3 November 2015 18:39 IST

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Microsoft will allow its PC OEM partners to sell Windows 7 or Windows 8.1-powered computers for another year, till October 31, 2016. After that point, the companies won't be permitted to ship systems with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 pre-installed on them. They will have no choice but to use Windows 10, if they want to use Microsoft's software. 66q3b

The company has quietly updated its Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet page to note that October 31 is the last date on which manufacturers can sell new computers with Windows 7 (specifically, the Professional SKU for OEMs) pre-installed on them. Interestingly enough, the end-of-sales date for Windows 8 laptops will arrive sooner than that - as per the date mentioned in the sheet, the end-of-sales date for the three-year-old operating system is set to June 30, 2016.

Windows 8 due to poor demand of the operating system.

The company was originally supposed to end the sales of Windows 7 on October 2014, but it later extended it for Professional (OEM) SKUs. Do note that the extended lifecycle of Windows 7 remains changed - January 14, 2020.

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