But Windows 7 owners are about to learn this new lean and mean Microsoft still knows how to make unpopular decisions…ZDNet reports that, despite its massive popularity, Microsoft has no plans to extend support of Windows 7 past January 2020. Citing partners and having obtained screen grabs of pricing, ZDNet reveals Microsoft will charge Windows 7 Pro users $50 for the first year of additional support, $100 for the second year and $200 for the third year. Windows Enterprise volume licensing customers will pay half these rates, but the cost of maintaining a lot of PCs will get very expensive very quickly. And Microsoft recently increased the price of Windows 10 Home from $119 to $139 as well. In defence of Microsoft, Windows 7 will be 10 years old this year and the company has to draw a line somewhere.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2019 02:37 UTC