Steam is running on Windows 7 again, thanks to a fan-made backport

Valve ended official support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x in the Steam client just a year ago, forcing gamers clinging to ...
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Are people still using Windows XP and Windows 7? Yes, and here's why

According to Statcounter, Windows 7 holds around 2.5% market share while Windows XP commands 0.22%. I agree that's minuscule compared to the statistics for Windows 10 and 11, but ...
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Windows 7 running natively on a Steam Deck is an affront to science — this tinkerer has Microsoft's OS booting in portrait mode

Yes, it's true. Windows 7 can run natively on Valve's (usually Linux-based) Steam Deck, the world's most popular handheld gaming PC. Why? Well, it comes back to that age-old question that hobbyists ...
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Microsoft Shows Windows 7 Running on Asus EeePC

Windows honcho Steve “Don’t Blame Me For Vista, I Was Running Office At The Time” Sinofsky hinted that he would whip out an impressively low-powered device to show how skinny Windows 7 can get. Sure ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Brings DX12 to Windows 7 to Power World of Warcraft

When Microsoft launched Windows 10, it made one thing very clear: DirectX 12 and its support for low overhead draw calls and better overall CPU utilization would be reserved strictly for Windows 10.