Customers sticking to the good-old (and dead) Windows 7 now have one more reason to ditch the operating system: as of January 1, 2024, Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1::Customers sticking to the good-old (and dead) Windows 7 now have one more reason to ditch the operating system: as of January 1, 2024, Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    145·
    3 年前

    Are you running an OS that hasn’t received a security update in a year (if you purchase the ESU packages)???

    Dude, at least move on to Windows 10 or something, that’s just you taking bad decisions at this point.

    • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      3 年前

      I like Windows 7 precisely because I still have complete control over my computer. Microsoft cannot brick my computer on a whim like they have the power to with later versions of windows.

      • Hyrulian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        3 年前

        I feel like this group of people are the kind that would already be on Linux though. If you’re that anti Microsoft why be on any version of Windows when such a great suitable replacement that also still works on these older systems exists?

        • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          3 年前

          I feel like this group of people are the kind that would already be on Linux though.

          I have plenty of Linux machines and used Unix since before Linux existed. But when I want to play WINDOWS games and dont want to deal with wine hassles I need a windows box.

          • Voyajer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            3 年前

            Wine hassles? It’s not 2013 anymore. Proton sets up a prefix on first run and you don’t think about it.

            • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 年前

              You’ll probably even have more issues on Win7 for gaming than on Linux lol

              No DX12 support, questionable driver support from AMD/Nvidia, Win7 CPU scheduling not playing well with plenty of recent CPUs, etc.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        3 年前

        “brick my computer on a whim”

        Paranoid much?

        It’s funny that you fear Microsoft but not all the people that can exploit all the flaws that are now left open in your computer because you haven’t received a single security update in 357 days (or more since the last three years were paid updates).