Although Microsoft stopped selling Windows 7 to retailers back on October 30, 2013, exactly one year later, the company was also scheduled to stop selling Windows 7 with new PCs. Now, things are a little different, as the company announced that it mistakenly updated the "End of Sales" policy for Windows 7 and the software giant will actually continue selling the operating system to PC makers until further notice.
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Essentially, this means that as of October 30, 2013, you probably won't be able to buy the operating system from your local retailer. However, you can buy a new PC with Windows 7 pre-installed, as the new "end of sale" date for the operating system on new PCs is now "tbd."
"We have yet to determine the end of sales date for PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed," Microsoft explains. "The October 30 date published worldwide on the Windows Lifecycle page last week was an error. We have since updated the site to reflect the correct information, [and] we apologize for any confusion this may have caused our customers. As more details about the Windows 7 lifecycle become available, we will share them."
"We confirm that October 30, 2013 was the end of sale date for Windows 7," the company adds.
