Why doesn't Microsoft sell Windows 7? The reason why win7 is discontinued

As announced by Microsoft, the boxed version of Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate will no longer be available from October 31. And Microsoft is no longer issuing licenses to these three versions to OEMs.

The reasons are as follows:

1. Give way to Windows 10

The Microsoft Windows 10 Technology Preview is released at the end of September and will be introduced to the market next year. The direct reason for the discontinuation of Windows 7 is to prepare for the new system to go public.

2. Windows 8.1 into Microsoft's most important product market share growth

After this month, Windows 8 boxed version will also be discontinued. But for at least a year, OEMs can also pre-install Windows 8 systems on their PCs. However, new machines sold by retailers and OEMs are pre-installed with Windows 8.1 systems.

Windows 7 is currently the most popular operating system in the market with a market share of approximately 52.7%. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 account for only 6% of the market share.

It is important to note that since Microsoft introduced Windows 8.1 last October, its market share has increased more from the Windows 8 market share.

In March of this year, the latest statistics from Net Applications showed that Windows 8 fell by 0.25 percentage points (from 6.63% to 6.38%), while Windows 8.1 increased by 0.35 percentage points (from 3.95%). It is 4.30%).

At the same time, Windows 7's market share fell by only 0.18 percentage points (from 47.49% to 47.31%).

After all, in order to encourage all Windows users to upgrade to the latest operating system, Microsoft has provided Windows 8 users with a free download and upgrade to Windows 8.1. Next, it's OK for Windows 7 to give up its share.

3. Microsoft's handling of Windows 7 is in line with the conventions

Prior to the Windows 7 system, Microsoft introduced the Windows Vista system in 2007, although Microsoft spent the development of replacing the Windows XP system. Up to 5 years —— is the longest interval between the two generations of Windows, but Microsoft did not encourage Vista after the launch of Windows 7, and gradually stopped selling in 2012, the sales cycle is about 5 year.

Windows 7 released on October 22, 2009 has stopped selling today, and the sales cycle is also 5 years, in line with Microsoft's usual practice, except for the most classic Windows XP.

Windows XP was born in 2001 and was eventually announced by Microsoft to stop selling on June 30, 2008, with a sales cycle of seven years.

Obviously, in order to promote the new system, Microsoft can no longer make Windows 7 as strong as XP.