[grishka]

I know people who still use Windows 7 and hate 10. It gets the job done, and modern browsers still run on it because there were no serious API changes between 7 and 10.

[willis936]

Keeping a windows 7 system connected to the internet is a bad idea in 2022.

[grishka]

And keeping a Windows 10 system connected to the internet exposes it to what amounts to RCE that's only exploitable by Microsoft.

[nonamenoslogan]

Put it behind a good firewall and don't run any wide open services on it and you'll be fine. I have Vista, MacOS 10.4, and Windows ME machines all running at home without issues.

[BenjiWiebe]

You can get extended security updates. They cost money, but there's ways around that, and Microsoft probably won't audit your 3 PCs. For a business though, yes you'd better pay or upgrade.

[grishka]

> They cost money, but there's ways around that

I checked out what one well-known torrent tracker has to say about these extended updates, and sure enough, I found a torrent called "Windows 7 Ult + KB3125574 by killer110289 (х64) (Ru) [10/04/2020] + авторский загрузчик + Office 2019 (2020.03) RePack by KpoJIuK + ESU Update март 2022" and several others which apparently have those updates applied.

I also wonder what would happen if you build a windows image out of 7's shell/explorer but 10's everything else.