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They gave up Windows XP with IE 9. Keeping the same trend, they are giving up Vista with IE 10. In fact, Microsoft is actually getting worse. They are already treating Windows 7 users as second class citizens. IE 10 for Win 7 will only get a preview release in mid-november. Final release will probably come a few months after that. In comparison, Opera still supports Windows 2000, although it recommends at least using Windows XP.

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"They are already treating Windows 7 users as second class citizens."

Really? How so? Will I be frisked when I attend the NTSSUG meeting at their facilities tomorrow? Or do I have to open my laptop and show the Windows 8 image running in VMWare to gain entry?

If IE 11 and a few shitty "Formerly known as Metro" apps is the only thing that Windows 7 users are missing, I wouldn't call that discrimination.

Really? Windows 8 is yet to be released, and Microsoft is already delaying product releases for Windows 7. I am already on Win 8, but if I was a Win 7 user, I would be pretty pissed. And going by their track record, in two years they are going to drop support for Win 7 altogether in Internet Explorer and other applications like Windows Movie Maker.

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