

In February, Microsoft said it would give a one-year notice before it demanded that OEMs stop selling PCs with Windows 7 Professional. Microsoft left the date blank for the halt of Windows 7 Professional installed on new PCs, saying only it was "not yet established." Before that, the company had first posted the date, then retracted it, then restored it only for consumer systems. 31 as the end-of-sales date for new Windows 7 PCs. online store, while HP offered just one equipped with the consumer operating system.Įarlier this year, Microsoft set Oct. 2 Hewlett-Packard - barely bothered with Windows 7 Home Premium: Lenovo showed none for sale on its U.S. Meanwhile, the two other OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in the top three worldwide - No.
