VS2010 was deprecated because VS2012 and VS2013 both have a much better compiler than 2010 and also has more C++11 features implemented.
As many others have also started, VS2012 and VS2013 both work on Windows 7 as long as it is kept up to date.
VS2010 was deprecated because VS2012 and VS2013 both have a much better compiler than 2010 and also has more C++11 features implemented.
As many others have also started, VS2012 and VS2013 both work on Windows 7 as long as it is kept up to date.