Sales of Windows 7 OEM licenses and PCs will end October 31, 2016
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Microsoft has updated its Windows lifecycle page with a deadline for the sale of OEM copies of Windows . All good things must come to an end, and Windows 7's last day of availability as an preinstalled operating system is October 31, 2016, a date that now matches Windows 8.1's cutoff. After that deadline, the only Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 PCs you'll find in stores will be leftover stock.
Amusingly enough, the cutoff date for Windows 8 will come sooner than for 7 or 8.1-the first "modern" version of Windows will see its last sale on June 30 of ...