Kukhishwe ngo-2009, uhlelo lwe-Windows 7 lwe-operating system luzoqhubeka luthola izibuyekezo kuze kube ngu-2020, kodwa kuphela abanikazi bama-PC abasha abangawafaka. Abasebenzisi bamakhompiyutha asekelwe kuma-processor asebekhulile kune-Intel Pentium 4 kuzomele bawanelise ngezibuyekezo ezikhona, ngokusho kwe-ComputerWorld.
Ngokusemthethweni, i-Microsoft ayizange ibike ukuyeka ukusekelwa kwama-PC odlule, kodwa kakade manje umzamo wokufaka izibuyekezo ezintsha kubo imiphumela ngephutha. Inkinga, njengoba kuvele, isethi yemiyalelo yeprosesa i-SSE2, edingekayo ekusetshenzisweni kwama-"patches" yakamuva, kodwa ayisekelwe ngabaproseshi abadala.
Ngaphambi kwalokho, sikhumbula, i-Microsoft ivimbele abasebenzi bayo ekuphenduleni imibuzo ezivela kubavakashi beforamu yokusekela tech mayelana ne-Windows 7, 8.1 no-8.1 RT, iHhovisi elidala likhishwa ne-Internet Explorer 10. Kusukela manje, abasebenzisi kuzodingeka bathole izixazululo zezinkinga ngale software.
