And i'm STILL USING WINDOWS 7 and i have NO ISSUES!
I am still getting security updates too! downloading them manually from the Microsoft Update Catalog
i download updates targetting Windows Embedded Standard 7 as that is the exact same codebase as Windows 7 and it gets support until October 2023, after that i may need to see if i can hack up updates from Windows Embedded POSReady 7 and get updates till October 2024.
that should last the rest of the life of my laptop, which isn't expected to be too long as sometimes i have to try multiple times to get it to boot properly since it boots but fails to bring up the screen.