Windows 7: a year after the end-of-support deadline, millions choose not to upgrade

Turning those percentages into whole numbers isn't a matter of simple division, unfortunately, because we don't know the denominator. Microsoft has told us for years that the Windows user base is 1.5 billion, but I argued a year ago that the number of Windows PCs is probably much lower than that, even with a pandemic-induced resurgence in PC sales. Even allowing for that uncertainty, it's clear that at least 100 million PCs are still running Windows 7, and that number could be significantly higher.

It makes sense. Windows 7 is still a perfectly capable operating system, and I can understand how especially for average, normal users, there's little in Windows 10 that's worth going through the hassle of an upgrade for. Security issues aside, Windows 7 still looks modern, too.

Why should a regular user upgrade?