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.

  • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
    313·
    10 months ago

    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
      17·
      10 months ago

      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
        110·
        10 months ago

        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
          8·
          10 months ago

          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
            9·
            10 months ago

            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
      16·
      10 months ago

      “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).

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8·
          10 months ago

          Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?

          Pretty fucking high.

          I support multiple computers at all times that are always running the latest Windows version, never had one where an update broke it and if it happened it’s a pretty major leap to go from “that update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”

          It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.

          • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            10 months ago

            update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”

            Didn’t say it was intentional. Why would it be intentional?

            It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.

            You can turn Windows 7 updates off. You can also control the timing of the updates.

            Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?

            Zero since they specifically noticed it happened during the update process.

            • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              Didn’t say it was intentional?

              Microsoft cannot brick my computer on a whim like they have the power to with later versions of windows.

              You can turn updates off for the following versions of Windows too.

              Chances are they update broke because their computer was infected by something that didn’t play well with the update, I don’t know why you would think the odds are zero and don’t know why you would think something similar couldn’t happen with a Windows 7 update (not that you would care since you don’t get updates anymore, but you might want to care about infection risks though, going on the internet for you is like joining an orgy and leaving your condoms at the door).

              • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
                13·
                10 months ago

                “On a whim” means they unintentionally throw out a sloppy updates that bricks some computers. Which I have given you evidence of.

                You can turn updates off for the following versions of Windows too.

                Not permanently except for corporate versions.

                Chances are they update broke because their computer was infected by something that didn’t play well with the update,

                Chances are much more likely the update broke their computer because their computer contained some software and/or drivers too obscure for Microsoft QA to care about.

                • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  21·
                  10 months ago

                  The issue was still present with W7 if that’s what you meant, the issue would be much more common if it was an hardware issue and it doesn’t really matter in the end, you keep dodging the part where you can forgo updates for a while, but in the end the risk factor becomes so great that you must be an idiot to do so long term.

                  And need I remind you, if you’re not a troll and you’re truly still running W7, you haven’t had any updates in at least a year… Which would explain you not realising that buying from Steam doesn’t make you own the games…

                  Anyway, I’ll stop entertaining you, have fun playing games on a sub par system that isn’t compatible with the latest versions of direct x and that hardware manufacturers are starting to stop supporting! Oh no, that’s right, you can’t use Steam anymore sooooo… No more recent games for you, just a whole bunch of malware and keyloggers! 🙂

                  • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    1·
                    10 months ago

                    You are far from entertaining. I did have to reinstall my OS from scratch one time, but that was because of a hard drive failure, not a virus.