Update Deadline for Windows 7, 8.1 Skylake PCs Extended by Microsoft

By Jake Ke, | March 27, 2016

Broadwell vs Skylake

Broadwell vs Skylake

Linking new PC tools with an older operating system should not routinely cause a big deal of concern. But, Microsoft issued a challenge in the box of Intel's latest Skylake chips. One has to upgrade to Windows 10 until July 17, 2017. Otherwise, one may face the 'most crucial' inevitable fixes going forward. It is beneficial to upgrade the comparison handling component to Windows 10, so as to have the several new updates, tweaks, patches as well as fixes.

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The number of users is too high and many users still prefer to use the older operating systems. The users include many enterprise clients. These clients may have latest hardware but though are nonetheless to ascent to Windows 10 for an array of legitimate reasons.

Hence, the deadline is extended by the Microsoft so as to provide the users an additional year to run Skylake on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Microsoft is also tweaking its overall policy. This process altogether guarantees more time for certainty updates, in case the deadline fails to convince the user to switch to Windows 10.

Furthermore, July 17, 2018 will be the deadline for updates of Skylake PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. After the stipulated date, 'critical updates', as described by Microsoft will be received  by the users until a particular end-of life dates for the Windows 7 and Windows 8 which are January 14, 2020 and January 10, 2023 respectively for the two operating systems.

This intelligence is designed to help the users purchase modern hardware while managing their migrations to Windows 10. The upgraded Windows 10 on Skylake devices benefits the customers with the latest capabilities from both hardware and software. 30X better graphics along with 3X battery life can be obtained by combining Windows 7 PC's Skylake with Windows 10.

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