{"id":40188,"date":"2020-01-14T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=92fe7ed566f2290ae2f5f227de16dace"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:02:48","slug":"memes-and-viking-funerals-the-internet-reacts-to-the-death-of-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/memes-and-viking-funerals-the-internet-reacts-to-the-death-of-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Memes and Viking funerals: The internet reacts to the death of Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Dale Walker<\/a><\/span>
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\u200b<\/span>It’s now official: Microsoft’s extended support for Windows 7<\/a> has now come to an end, marking the retirement of an operating system that enjoyed enormous success and popularity over its ten-year lifetime.<\/p>\n

Organisations across the globe should now be working to ensure Windows 7 is removed from their environments<\/a>, although, given the nature of software migration, it’s very likely that the operating system will maintain a large market share for many months to come.<\/p>\n

The moment is bittersweet, as although Windows 10<\/a> has been the most popular desktop operating system<\/a> globally since December 2017, the decline of Windows 7 has been remarkably slow given that it first hit the market in 2009. An intuitive design, stable performance and a much-loved taskbar were a breath of fresh air following the widely criticised Windows Vista<\/a>, something that helped maintain its popularity through the disastrous launch of Windows 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The death of Windows 7 seems to have hit some harder than others, but fortunately, the measured, stable, and not at all unhinged IT industry has decided to give the software the send-off it deserves.<\/p>\n

The outpouring of love on social media ranges from touching to the truly bizarre.<\/p>\n

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Starting today if your computer is running Windows 7, you and your computer are at risk. #Windows7<\/a> #Microsoft<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qAcYs17LFH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Tyler Mobarry (@TyMoTech) January 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n