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Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 support will end tomorrow (January 1st 2024) (help.steampowered.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This affects roughly 0.91% of the users according to the latest hardware survey (november 2023)

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Windows 7 was okay, but I still can't fathom how Windows 8 and 8.1 came to be. In the computer companies I've worked for, I don't think they have a single product that runs on Windows 8 or Windows Vista. The OS progression was XP to 7 to 10. Now, they're all working towards Windows 11 support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Didn't win7 support end already?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

By Microsoft, not by Steam

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