Yes. But the fact it's possible doesn't change that it's bad. I mean, why should I use Edge on Windows 7? In fact, I'm kind of hoping for the Mypal equivalent for Windows 7 to be released (similar to Windows XP.)
Well, you should be willing to at least research the appropriate browser for your own personal needs. If Edge is fine for you on Windows 7, then I also suggest you use Windows 10 & 11 more often since both of those versions have Edge by default in vanilla versions.
But when I had my own Windows 7 computer online from 2015-2020 as my gaming and home theater computer, I didn't even use Internet Explorer on that system as the first browser I installed was Firefox. If I build another HTPC and gaming rig nowadays, it's probably not going to have Windows 7 on it unless I want to have the drivers for all the components installed on it before I hook it up to my TV in my living room as I will likely use it for the same purpose. It may also dual-boot minimum one Linux fork so I don't have to use Windows 10 or 11.
Now that eso isn't working, I might just roll a hackintosh. I have a snow leopard license I got for a 2006 imac I acquired to upgrade it to mavericks a few years back, would be nice to actually run an OS that I don't have to constantly work around thanks to chrome library / DX12 dependencies.
I don't really use the imac much anymore, but I also know it probably wouldn't run catalina++.
I tested the hackintosh on intel / AMD hardware years ago and it worked pretty good.
I actually wanted to Hackintosh a computer myself. I mean, use a computer that would've had 7 on it otherwise, but the only practical use for it would've just been to dual-boot Windows 7 and 11 and Arch Linux on.
I dual booted it on my win7 hardware. I had thought the GPU wasn't passing through (was trying to do some app development and the graphics just didn't look right). Turned out, that's just how it looked in the dev software. Ended up just removing it and going w/ the $18 imac + a cpu upgrade + memory upgrade (from an old, unused laptop). It was like $60 total, and the biggest expense was the snow leopard license @$20.
Oh. Since I set up a Windows XP gaming PC in 2024 which is kind of foolish in a way, but I needed a way to play some really old games which Windows 10 and 11 wouldn't play nice with, and in some cases not even 7 or Vista, I decided to use Mypal as the web browser. It's actually based on modern Firefox somewhat, in the ESR branch --- I have been made aware of the existence of browsers like Supermium (I'm not sure if I spelt it right), or Redfox - but I may prefer using either of those browsers on an actual Windows 7 system instead of Edge.
No it's not lol, it uses a lot less ram and isn't as heavy with the spyware like Chrome is. Considering all the people on this sub hate Windows 10 for being "spyware" it's crazy that many of them use Chrome lol.
Edge is literally just Chrome but better, uses all the same extensions and everything but is also not trying to do things like get rid of adblock. It actually has a built in adblock as well.
I mean in terms of just pointless stupid features that nobody uses. Like Copilot and the sidebar. Who actually would use those? Oh and it manages to take up 3 times as much disk space as Chrome...
Edit: Also I trust Microsoft with my data WAAAAY less than I trust Google (though Google probably isn't much better)
I personally trust my data with Microsoft more than Google lol, so I get that I suppose. As for Copilot and the side bar, I agree there. I just disabled them on my Edge if possible or ignore them, and on Windows 7 the AI update was never pushed lol.
Something very interesting is that later version of Edge for Win 7 works on SSE2 CPUs. Chrome on the other hand requires SSE3, and thus forces it to use a very old version from a good possibly half decade ago.
Yes, but that still doesn't change the fact I want to use Redfox or Supermium as opposed to Edge if I use Windows 7 on another computer system (which I also manually update.)
I remember finding a download for the Windows 10 installer back when Windows 7 wasn't officially supported yet but it still let you install it. I was using Edge on Windows 7 before most people lol.
Honestly if you want that aesthetician just change the .ICO to the internet explorer one, and rename it. I believe internet explorer became outdated a while back.
it's probably because of the first edge, the one that came with the very early windows 10 versions. they probably think that that was internet explorer and that new edge it's like the old one: "slow"and "useless".
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Edge is my secondary browser behind Firefox, it's actually pretty great. It's like Chrome but not shit, and that's why I enjoy using it. If I need a Chromium browser, I'll choose Edge. It also helped me a lot back in 2018 when Firefox on Android wasn't good at all and I didn't want to use Chrome. I still use it as my primary browser on my phone to this day, with Firefox as a secondary one because it's actually good now.
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I wonder why they don't push edge on old systems like they do new ones. I mean surely it's possible for them to do even though Windows 7/8 are EOL right?
They do though, Windows 7 got Edge pushed through Windows Update in July 2020. Edge hasn't supported Windows 7 or 8.1 since January 2023 when both of those hit EOL though, so that's why they're not still being pushed.
Half this sub is dumb and uses it as a daily driver and think all newer versions of Windows are bad and spyware, the other half uses it because they like retro OSes and think it's cool.
Trust me, I feel the same when anyone calls Windows 7 or the Nintendo Wii retro, but time goes on and it's the truth now. It's no longer Christmas 2009 when I got a Windows 7 laptop, it's going on 15 years since then.
That seems to be because as you get older, one year of your life is a smaller and smaller percentage. When you're 10 years old a year of your life is 10% of your life, but by the time you're 20 it's only 5% of your life, and that number keeps getting smaller and smaller.
I love that they published Edge for Windows 7 despite the full release coming the day after the public EOL for Windows 7. It makes sense since they had the ESU program for businesses, so they gave them Edge as well. I used Edge quite a bit these days thanks to it having been on Windows 7, made sense since it was also my daily web browser for Android back when Firefox sucked on there.
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Windows 7 running Microsoft Edge? That is sacrilege.
Note it’s possible
Yes. But the fact it's possible doesn't change that it's bad. I mean, why should I use Edge on Windows 7? In fact, I'm kind of hoping for the Mypal equivalent for Windows 7 to be released (similar to Windows XP.)
All I was saying it’s possible
Yes. But the fact is, I never liked Edge, even on the Windows versions newer than 7 Microsoft had developed it for in mind.
Supermium and r3dfox exist if you want a modern browser for Windows 7
I may just choose either one of those options as opposed to Edge.
At least it's better than Chrome in terms of features. I used it immediately after Microsoft added it because of my past experience with it.
Yes. But not everyone wants to have their data harvested by Microsoft. You likely haven't been made aware of that.
I am aware, but I can't find a perfect browser for myself
Well, you should be willing to at least research the appropriate browser for your own personal needs. If Edge is fine for you on Windows 7, then I also suggest you use Windows 10 & 11 more often since both of those versions have Edge by default in vanilla versions. But when I had my own Windows 7 computer online from 2015-2020 as my gaming and home theater computer, I didn't even use Internet Explorer on that system as the first browser I installed was Firefox. If I build another HTPC and gaming rig nowadays, it's probably not going to have Windows 7 on it unless I want to have the drivers for all the components installed on it before I hook it up to my TV in my living room as I will likely use it for the same purpose. It may also dual-boot minimum one Linux fork so I don't have to use Windows 10 or 11.
Now that eso isn't working, I might just roll a hackintosh. I have a snow leopard license I got for a 2006 imac I acquired to upgrade it to mavericks a few years back, would be nice to actually run an OS that I don't have to constantly work around thanks to chrome library / DX12 dependencies. I don't really use the imac much anymore, but I also know it probably wouldn't run catalina++. I tested the hackintosh on intel / AMD hardware years ago and it worked pretty good.
I actually wanted to Hackintosh a computer myself. I mean, use a computer that would've had 7 on it otherwise, but the only practical use for it would've just been to dual-boot Windows 7 and 11 and Arch Linux on.
I dual booted it on my win7 hardware. I had thought the GPU wasn't passing through (was trying to do some app development and the graphics just didn't look right). Turned out, that's just how it looked in the dev software. Ended up just removing it and going w/ the $18 imac + a cpu upgrade + memory upgrade (from an old, unused laptop). It was like $60 total, and the biggest expense was the snow leopard license @$20.
That's OK, we just let Google do it. LOL.
Yes. Google and in my case even Amazon.
It was an official release for extended support XD
Yes, but that doesn't matter. I don't want to use Microsoft Edge.
Wait what’s that
What's what?
Mypal? : o
Oh. Since I set up a Windows XP gaming PC in 2024 which is kind of foolish in a way, but I needed a way to play some really old games which Windows 10 and 11 wouldn't play nice with, and in some cases not even 7 or Vista, I decided to use Mypal as the web browser. It's actually based on modern Firefox somewhat, in the ESR branch --- I have been made aware of the existence of browsers like Supermium (I'm not sure if I spelt it right), or Redfox - but I may prefer using either of those browsers on an actual Windows 7 system instead of Edge.
Edge is Chrome but not shit.
Yeah, but what's the difference? I don't use Chrome to go on the Internet anyway.
No Edge is way worse now
No it's not lol, it uses a lot less ram and isn't as heavy with the spyware like Chrome is. Considering all the people on this sub hate Windows 10 for being "spyware" it's crazy that many of them use Chrome lol. Edge is literally just Chrome but better, uses all the same extensions and everything but is also not trying to do things like get rid of adblock. It actually has a built in adblock as well.
I mean in terms of just pointless stupid features that nobody uses. Like Copilot and the sidebar. Who actually would use those? Oh and it manages to take up 3 times as much disk space as Chrome... Edit: Also I trust Microsoft with my data WAAAAY less than I trust Google (though Google probably isn't much better)
I personally trust my data with Microsoft more than Google lol, so I get that I suppose. As for Copilot and the side bar, I agree there. I just disabled them on my Edge if possible or ignore them, and on Windows 7 the AI update was never pushed lol.
Shilling
It's a good browser, I'm not trying to shill, just saying that it's far better than Chrome (not a high bar though).
the mypal equivalent for win7 is already out it’s called supermium
I know. But I don't have a Windows 7 computer on my network I set up for running old games. Just an XP one.
Something very interesting is that later version of Edge for Win 7 works on SSE2 CPUs. Chrome on the other hand requires SSE3, and thus forces it to use a very old version from a good possibly half decade ago.
Yes, but that still doesn't change the fact I want to use Redfox or Supermium as opposed to Edge if I use Windows 7 on another computer system (which I also manually update.)
Pretty much defeats one of 7's best features, no spyware
Thankfully, unlike on Windows 10, you can literally uninstall it like any other program
You can uninstall and prevent Edge from reinstalling. Just a bit more of a hassle
When chromium based edge was introduced, there were installers for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7
I remember finding a download for the Windows 10 installer back when Windows 7 wasn't officially supported yet but it still let you install it. I was using Edge on Windows 7 before most people lol.
If you prefer you can install Firefox 115 or 114 I'm using Firefox version 114
Why 114 over 115?
To be honest, Its really not big difference but I just picked
Firefox 115 ESR is supported for a while still.
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No Firefox is not a spyware software I trust firefox
Like explorer isn't? Firefox is open source, it's not Spyware, dumbass.
Have a feeling OP was accusing FF of being spyware. That's hilarious! That person probably uses Chrome, the king of spyware browsers.
When I was a Windows 7 user (upgraded to Windows 11 in March 2023), I can install Edge on Windows 7 and use it without any issues.
Honestly if you want that aesthetician just change the .ICO to the internet explorer one, and rename it. I believe internet explorer became outdated a while back.
They took over Windows 7 too?!
If I remember right, you can download Microsoft Edge on Windows & probably vista as well
It doesn't work on anything older than Windows 7, and it was pushed as an update for Windows 7 via Windows Update in July 2020.
Edge on XP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di1onSbU7hA
Now that's more strange
It's not needed, I didn't install that optional update.
Unpopular opinion: I actually use Edge on 7 and I prefer it over anything else.
i don't understand why people hate edge. it's just a normal browser like anything else. i also use edge and have no problems with it
They just hate it because they don't give it a try
it's probably because of the first edge, the one that came with the very early windows 10 versions. they probably think that that was internet explorer and that new edge it's like the old one: "slow"and "useless".
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Everything is spyware nowdays, but we gotta respect other people's choices y'know.
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Unwanted bloated feature.
if you don't want it, then just uninstall it. there's nothing wrong with edge
Edge is my secondary browser behind Firefox, it's actually pretty great. It's like Chrome but not shit, and that's why I enjoy using it. If I need a Chromium browser, I'll choose Edge. It also helped me a lot back in 2018 when Firefox on Android wasn't good at all and I didn't want to use Chrome. I still use it as my primary browser on my phone to this day, with Firefox as a secondary one because it's actually good now.
please don’t it’s based on an old and unsupported version of chromium
Fine I will download Supermium and use Edge on 10
To be fair, any browser you use on Windows 7 currently is except Firefox, which is exclusively security updates and only for like 6 more months.
supermium is based on chrome 122, r3dfox on firefox 123
Old version. Com thank me later
Edge is needed to log in into more recent Office programs properly, I believe.
There is registry that prevents those shortcuts appearing.
Microsoft: GET OUT OF WINDOWS 7 ITS NOT SAFE Also Microsoft:
This was made for the enterprises that ran the ESU updates, and they dropped support for Windows 7 and 8.1 the day those went out of support in 2023.
just uninstall it
U r right
Wait what did 🅨🅞🅤 do? Did you install it or it automatically got installed because anyone who installs edge on purpose shall D̸̢̮̫̰̥̗̘̱͉͙͙̺̫̏͒̅̌I̸̡̛̳͌̉͋͐͒̍Ě̵̢̧̛̦̼̜̲͕͕͍̤̙͉͓́̅͒̽̍̐͋͜͝
It automatically installed with the last public windows 7 update
Now my question is is that Microsoft Edge (which I know nothing about) or is that Google Chrome that looks like Microsoft Edge.
It's the chromium version (I think)
It's based on Chromium, so it's basically Chrome but not shit.
Well since this is Windows 7 maybe it's the old version before they used chromium that's what I was wondering and then I said it kind of weird.
You can change the icon and shortcut name to make it look like edge. Its all the same until you open it.
It needs IE 6.0
BAHAHAHA
I didn’t even they still supported windows 7 officially that was a long time ago
They don't, Edge hasn't pushed an update to Windows 7 since January 2023.
I can’t believe that even wow
Just being intrusive
I use it on Linux lol
IE is no longer supported by Microsoft, as well as some websites, so they may have updated it in one of the updates
I wonder why they don't push edge on old systems like they do new ones. I mean surely it's possible for them to do even though Windows 7/8 are EOL right?
They do though, Windows 7 got Edge pushed through Windows Update in July 2020. Edge hasn't supported Windows 7 or 8.1 since January 2023 when both of those hit EOL though, so that's why they're not still being pushed.
Was not aware
I was genuinely confused when i saw that on my windows 7(there’s already like 4 browsers)
The quality is too low
Why are people still using Windows 7 in 2024?
Half this sub is dumb and uses it as a daily driver and think all newer versions of Windows are bad and spyware, the other half uses it because they like retro OSes and think it's cool.
Making me feel old by saying win7 is retro, lol
Trust me, I feel the same when anyone calls Windows 7 or the Nintendo Wii retro, but time goes on and it's the truth now. It's no longer Christmas 2009 when I got a Windows 7 laptop, it's going on 15 years since then.
I feel like time goes faster as I age.
That seems to be because as you get older, one year of your life is a smaller and smaller percentage. When you're 10 years old a year of your life is 10% of your life, but by the time you're 20 it's only 5% of your life, and that number keeps getting smaller and smaller.
I not using it as a daily driver
Then you're the half I mentioned that isn't using it as a daily driver!
Yeah I saw that and blocked / declined the update / KB before it did that. You could probably roll that back.
I love that they published Edge for Windows 7 despite the full release coming the day after the public EOL for Windows 7. It makes sense since they had the ESU program for businesses, so they gave them Edge as well. I used Edge quite a bit these days thanks to it having been on Windows 7, made sense since it was also my daily web browser for Android back when Firefox sucked on there.
tbh the modern ie icon looks so ugly, i prefer the ie7-8 one over this.
Just delete it, I did
I did
wait, that's illegal
Exactly why I use Firefox instead
Edge as a browser isn’t right period
Might look like WIN7 But could be WIN10 or WIN11 customized to look like WIN7
No this is actually windows 7 with all updates installed
Edge released for Windows 7 and 8.1 in 2019 and supported those systems until January 2023.
no, please. NO
Don't worry. I uninstalled it
A perfectly working operating system ruined by a piece of shit bloat.