Microsoft ending Support for Windows 7
On the 14th January 2020, Microsoft will be ending support for Windows 7 after 10 years of supporting the product.
Although your Windows 7 computer won’t stop working overnight, this does mean that Microsoft will no longer provide any security updates or support for the product.
After this date, computer support companies like Lucidity can no longer fully support these machines.
Why Upgrade?
Windows 7 also has an inherent security vulnerability which has given rise to the Ransomware attacks we’ve seen over the past few years. The solution? Run Windows 10 Operating System.
One of the key things to consider is your cyber insurance and how non-supported computers would affect your insurance policy should you have a security event.
Removing the risk
Lucidity have been looking for a smarter solution to offer to our customers who may not want to buy brand new laptop computers for all their staff.
Lucidity have secured a range of ex-lease laptop computers fully loaded with Windows 10 Professional and a 12 month warranty (extendable if required). With modern specifications like 8GB RAM, i5 Intel Processors and most importantly, Solid-State drives, the machines perform as you would expect a modern spec machine to perform.
Our experience shows us that by the time you look at the costs of an SSD drive upgrade, memory upgrade and Windows 10 license upgrade, you can be spending more money than we can secure these ex-lease machines for, which are ready to go with a full hardware warranty.