Geek: Microsoft’s next big update for Windows is just around the corner. According to new reports, Windows 8.1 Update 1 is due to arrive on April 8th — the same day that Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows XP. April 8th also happens to be a patch Tuesday, which is as good a time as any to push the update to the public. No sense upsetting an established update cadence just for a minor OS bump, right?
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft just confirmed that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems won’t get any new updates for AMD Ryzen and Intel 7th Gen processors.
thats fine with me as long as windows 10 and linux distros support ryzen, i'll have no complaints
Microsoft is tweaking its support cut-off dates again for Intel Skylake-based devices so that users can continue to get security updates until Microsoft's original end-of-support dates.
XP will never die!