Window 7.x?

It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve
into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to come?

"W. eWatson" wrote in message
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It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve into
7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to come?



WYSIWYG. Win7 will not evolve and I would be surprised to even see another
service pack since 8 * 8.1 are out.

W. eWatson wrote:

It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads.

Based on WHAT?

Will 7 evolve into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved
for years to come?

Products that aren't in mainstream support don't get service packs or
incremental versioned upgrades.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=14481

There's only 8 months left for mainstream support of Windows 7. After
that you get updates (not upgrades), patches, and security fixes. Maybe
Microsoft will come out with another and last service pack for Win7 but
I'll let your hold /your/ breath for it.

In article , says...

It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve
into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to come?

Remember:
Vista = Windows 6.0
7 = 6.1
8 = 6.2
8.1 = ??

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:03:23 -0500, Andrew Rossmann
wrote:

In article , says...

It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve
into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to come?

Remember:
Vista = Windows 6.0
7 = 6.1
8 = 6.2
8.1 = ??

8.1 = 6.3

Monty écrivait
:

snip

8.1 = 6.3


Sure about that?... I thought 8.0 was a big "upgrade"...

On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:20:41 +0000 (UTC), Dominique
wrote:

Monty écrivait
:

snip

8.1 = 6.3


Sure about that?... I thought 8.0 was a big "upgrade"...

YES

If you need further assurance, go to

Control Panel Administrative Tools System Information and look at
"Version"

Monty wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:20:41 +0000 (UTC), Dominique
wrote:

Monty écrivait
m:

snip

8.1 = 6.3

Sure about that?... I thought 8.0 was a big "upgrade"...

YES

If you need further assurance, go to

Control Panel Administrative Tools System Information and look at
"Version"

....or Start - Run... - winver. Same info. (Although I can't remember how
to open the "Run..." dialog in 8, aside from Win key + R.)

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:45:31 +0000 (UTC), "Auric__"
wrote:

Monty wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:20:41 +0000 (UTC), Dominique
wrote:

Monty écrivait
:

snip

8.1 = 6.3

Sure about that?... I thought 8.0 was a big "upgrade"...

YES

If you need further assurance, go to

Control Panel Administrative Tools System Information and look at
"Version"

...or Start - Run... - winver. Same info. (Although I can't remember how
to open the "Run..." dialog in 8, aside from Win key + R.)

I'm using Start8.

Start enter CMD in search box R-Click CMD.EXE run as
Administrator winver

Winkey + R is quicker but I usually forget to do it that way.

W. eWatson wrote, On 4/15/2014 1:37 PM:
It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve
into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to come?

No.
Mainstream support ended.
Extended support provides patches and security updates. The former
primarily for compatability, reliability and occasional robust
hardening. Evolution of 7 is done. Focus is on 8x and later.

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Dominique wrote, On 4/15/2014 6:20 PM:
Monty écrivait
:

snip

8.1 = 6.3


Sure about that?... I thought 8.0 was a big "upgrade"...


Yes.
8.1 = 6.3

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"...winston" wrote in message
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W. eWatson wrote, On 4/15/2014 1:37 PM:
It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads. Will 7 evolve
into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved for years to
come?

No.
Mainstream support ended.
Extended support provides patches and security updates. The former
primarily for compatability, reliability and occasional robust hardening.
Evolution of 7 is done.


Focus is on 8x and later.

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...winston
msft mvp consumer apps


Much later. eg
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Andrew Rossmann wrote:

Remember:
Vista = Windows 6.0
7 = 6.1
8 = 6.2
8.1 = ??

8.1 = 6.3


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On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:03:48 -0400, "...winston"
wrote:

Evolution of 7 is done.

That suck! IMHO

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On 15/04/2014 21:14, VanguardLH wrote:
W. eWatson wrote:

It seems that Win7 and Win8 have taken different roads.

Based on WHAT?

Will 7 evolve into 7.1, .2, or whatever? That is, will it be improved
for years to come?

Products that aren't in mainstream support don't get service packs or
incremental versioned upgrades.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=14481

There's only 8 months left for mainstream support of Windows 7. After
that you get updates (not upgrades), patches, and security fixes. Maybe
Microsoft will come out with another and last service pack for Win7 but
I'll let your hold /your/ breath for it.

In that context, what is meant by an "upgrade"? I have always
associated that term with, for example, a change from XP to Vista or
Win7, or more particularly something like Win7HP to Pro or Ultimate.
Those "upgrades" were never part of the specific OS already being run,
and cost money!

What upgrades have there been within Win7HP, for example? Are you
perhaps referring to IE9 - IE10 - IE11?

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