Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 PlungeMicrosoft last week announced that within the next 18 months, it will end support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on machines equipped with Intel's 6th generation Core processors, also known as "Skylake." As of mid-July next year, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Skylake systems, and only the most critical security fixes will be released for earlier versions of Windows.
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Microsoft Prods Skylake Users to Take the Windows 10 Plunge
