You're right, but I think my point still is valid. If you're building from scratch, I still would suggest using the system with the longest lifespan ahead of it, and that's Windows 8.1. The original question didn't mention any compatibility or other pressing reasons to suggest otherwise.
David Smith > On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:18 PM, "Mario Obejas" <unix_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > "Smith, David" <desm...@wustl.edu> writes: > >> Why are you upgrading to an OS that's already pretty close to >> end-of-support? > > I believe you are mistakenly equating Mainstream Support and Extended Support > dates. > > Mainstream Support means new features, and service packs. > Extended Support is the big one: no more security patches, no performance > improvements, nothing. AKA End of Life. > > The end of ‘Extended Support’ is what happened to Windows XP on 8 April > 2014. That won't happen to Windows 7 until 2020, i.e., 5+ years down the road > from here. 5 years can hardly be described as "close to end-of-support" > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle > > > Client Latest update End of End of > OS or service pack mainstream support extended support > > ---------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------- > > Windows XP Service Pack 3 April 14, 2009 April 8, 2014 > Windows Vista Service Pack 2 April 10, 2012 April 11, 2017 > Windows 7 * Service Pack 1 January 13, 2015 January 14, 2020 > Windows 8 Windows 8.1 January 9, 2018 January 10, 2023 > > > (knocks on wood that ASCII table format does not break) _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
