Time is running out, however. Now that Windows 7 has reached end-of-life, it's likely many of those users will be making the leap to Windows 10, and those left clinging on to Windows 8.1 have until January 2023 before it too is killed off by Microsoft. As always though, there are some die-hard fans of previous operating systems who have yet to make the jump. Windows 10 is almost five years old at this point, and although many users initially resisted the change, it's proved to be one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.