>>>>Thanks Sergey for your comments. Question: how much longer can a person really use Windows 7 once it is no longer patched, etc.? I know we have a few more years I would assume.
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>>>You can use it until you need driver for new devices or some application you need wouldn't install on it
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>>https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet
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>Irrelevant

But when does Microsoft stop giving you security patches for it? Isn't that when mainstream support ends? Or am I mistaken about that? Because that would be pretty darn important I would think...