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Steam has died its final death on Windows 7 and 8: Nearly a year after Valve ended support, new Steam updates will no longer function on the ancient OSes (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] SuperIce 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The tech industry moves fast. Win 7/8 are ancient in tech terms

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tell that to the MS Dos PCs I regularly have to maintain and provide safety to. They still live.

[–] halcyoncmdr 18 points 6 days ago

Something can be ancient and still function for purpose. We've uncovered ancient pottery intact.

[–] Zorque -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Something that came out last week can be considered ancient in tech terms.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Windows 7 is 15 years old. If it was a person it would be able to get a learners permit to drive in many states.

It's also been EOL for over 4 years.

[–] falidorn 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

We don’t call 15 year old cars ancient. Blu rays aren’t ancient. CDs aren’t ancient. Tons of things are 15 years old and fallen out of general use but aren’t considered ancient.

I’d argue that XP is ancient but not Win7.

[–] colderr 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Blu rays and CDs are considered ancient. Considering all the storage we have now, something like a CD is close to worthless for almost everyone. Blu rays could have their own niche still, but it's still considered ancient by modern standards. Technology evolves so fast, and it's hard to keep up.

[–] falidorn 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I call shenanigans. Blu rays still make up most of physical sales and that video quality makes up the most consumed resolution.

I can kinda see the argument for CDs but they are still sold new in big name B&M stores. “Close to worthless” is hyperbole at the very least.

[–] colderr 6 points 6 days ago

Just because they are still sold doesn't mean that they are not ancient.

You can still buy, for example, a GT 1030, which, compared to more modern graphics cards, is considered ancient.

Just because something is still being sold or bought doesn't mean that it's not ancient.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Blu rays still make up most of physical sales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KACt6YhOyY

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Cars have an expected lifespan of like 20 years, operating systems don't.

Windows 7 came out with very early support for efi boot which took explicit effort to get to work. At this point most OEM machines out there don't even support the legacy booting mode. That is ancient by tech standards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Windows 7 is as old now as Windows 3.5 was when Windows 7 released.