Just as running Windows XP with proper firewall, anti-virus and anti-malware protection is a safe process today, running Windows 7 without updates, with proper precautions, is not a problem. So far my main computer is now running Ubuntu exclusively and my Windows 7 canary computer is updating with Security Updates Only unless there is a specific non-sercurity update that I need.
Of course I have a two-way firewall and run Spybot Anti-Beacon, so Microsoft snoopware can't call home. It's amazing how running Ubuntu on my main system has just taken the stress away and I just enjoy it. All my Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate Edition work is done in Linux!
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