Last year support for Windows Vista – PurePC.pl (Register)

Although it is difficult to believe, Windows Vista made its debut on the market for over 9 years ago. System from the very beginning of his career he fought with a huge wave of criticism, which Microsoft probably did not expect, eventually losing this battle. Despite a nice and modern look, users complained about the high hardware requirements, a number of shortcomings, problems with drivers and annoying notifications. Microsoft eventually coped with a lot of shortcomings, but just could not come close to the popularity of its predecessor – Windows XP. For people who still have Vista, we have an important message – exactly one year will be released the last update for this operating system, which can be a motivation for migrating to a newer platform.

Exactly a year will be released the latest update to Windows Vista, Microsoft later cease to be interested in the system.

the exact release date for Microsoft’s latest patches to Windows Vista has been fixed as of April 11, 2017 year. This means that then the system will no longer receive any official updates, but their absence will make him more outdated in terms of compliance with new standards (at least theoretically). Also all newly discovered vulnerabilities or security vulnerabilities are not patched. But remember that Windows Vista since 2012. receives only minor updates that do not add more innovation. They completed since then widely available technical support for this system. By next year it continues according to schedule so-called Microsoft. support extended.

I must admit that it is far less shocking news than the end of support for Windows XP, which even despite the lack of renovation enjoys great, although still flagging popularity. Vista never gained market has always remained in the shadow of a respected predecessor, and now uses this system, only 1.5% of computer owners. Users do not therefore have too many options, because they are deprived of a free upgrade to the latest (tenth) version of the windows, because this offer applies only to holders of Windows 7 and 8.1. Continued use of Vista can bring unexpected problems, but the purchase of a newer system, not everyone will fit. This may, therefore, a good time to interest himself completely free Ubuntu?

Source: Softpedia