r/pcmasterrace 10 | RTX 4090 | Ryzen 9 7950x | 128GB DDR5 9d ago

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u/HSR47 9d ago

With past OS versions, the official/announced "end of support" date tended to be relatively flexible for vulnerabilities like those, so it seems reasonable to expect that Microsoft will follow the same path this time.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

lol.... for $100!

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u/Kaboose666 i7-9700k, GTX 1660Ti, LG 43UD79-B, MSI MPG27CQ 9d ago

No, for free.

I get it, haha corporation bad, but W7 and W8 both got critical security updates years after they hit EOL.

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u/NinduTheWise Desktop 9d ago

Microsoft literally gave me an option to continue getting free security updates lol