Windows 10 is designed to have updates delivered continuously, so as long as your PCs hardware takes any updates provided, you will remain supported. For more details including limitations to the timeline, please see this Windows 10 lifecycle policy page.
You can continue to use Windows 7, but after support has ended, your PC will become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Windows will continue to start and run, but you will no longer receive security or other updates from Microsoft. Have more questions? Get information about end of support for Windows 7.
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With the touchscreen, you can also utilize pen technology to write and markup documents and websites. Touchscreens and pens allow you to zoom in, zoom out, quickly scroll, and sign documents. The Photos app automatically organizes and tags your photos. Searching for photos is easy and fun. Looking for pictures you took at the beach? They are not an enterprise or a consumer. Microsoft intends the Windows 7 Professional version for small and medium business customers. Windows 7 Professional has some enhancements such as the ability to join a Windows network domain , but still lacks key features like BitLocker, as well as the enterprise capabilities like DirectAccess and Branch Cache.
Granted, small and medium business customers need to have a Windows Server domain environment to take advantage of these advanced Windows 7 features, but it is worth it for organizations with remote and roaming workers or branch locations.
To gain access to these features, I suggest small and medium businesses also invest in Windows 7 Ultimate. There you have it. If I were calling the shots at Microsoft we could instantly narrow the field down to three options: Windows 7 Starter for netbooks, Windows 7 Enterprise for large corporate customers, and Windows 7 Ultimate for everyone else.
If you are going to spend the time and money to upgrade to Windows 7 , you may as well invest a little extra and get the version that has all of the features, and capabilities rather than choosing one with limited functionality. These are not available in retail packaging; you can only get these pre-installed on a new PC or with a service contract for the Enterprise edition. So which version should you choose?
Again as with Vista you should avoid Home Basic or Starter. These versions will only be available with a new PC purchase, and as you can see above, are missing quite some useful functionality. In my view Home Premium will be the edition of choice for most users. If you would want to use BitLocker functionality or use multiple user interface languages Ultimate would be your choice.
But if you're not running Windows Vista, there's a quick way to do a simple check. If you're upgrading from Windows Vista, your upgrade options will be the simplest.
The only thing Vista Ultimate users should note is that you will lose your Ultimate Extra's If you wish to upgrade another Vista edition - or to another version as indicated above - you will have to do a "clean install" of the operating system, which means you'll have to reinstall your applications after you install the OS.
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