While Windows 7 was able to survive the release of Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 10 finally provided another popular option, and users have moved on. However, all good things must come to an end. We've supported Windows 7 for 13 years, making it our longest supported single operating system version ever. This combination was a tremendous success, and users loved Windows 7 so much that it had the longest support lifespan of any version of Windows - over 10 years!ĭolphin has been proud to support Windows 7 for its entire life, and then some. It continued the technical advancements from Vista while righting most of its wrongs, all wrapped up in a friendly, reliable package. After the wide rejection of Windows Vista, Windows 7 set the bar for all Windows versions to come.
Dolphin Progress Report: June and July 2019 We don't plan on purposefully breaking support, but, its days are numbered. Eventually, the differences between Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows may increase to the point where we drop support for the aged OS.
With none of our active developers using Windows 7 as their primary OS, the userbase dwindling, and Windows 7 starting to meaningfully fall behind newer versions of Windows, it's going to become more and more likely that features are accidentally broken in Windows 7.
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