That is insane. One thing is having poor performance because of the lack of specific processor support, and another not being able to use it at all.
Is there a bug in those new processors with backwards compatibility, or is it an evil move from MS?
Is there a bug in those new processors with backwards compatibility, or is it an evil move from MS?
There has to be a cost in supporting these new processors. Windows runs on almost anything and the cost of testing updates across various platforms has got to be huge.
I also think it is a great way to reduce fragmentation. Windows 7 is supported till 2020. However you do not want to just cut people off. If you can reduce / stop new instalations before then it will greatly reduce the number of unsupported machines when Microsoft cut the cord.
The article is about how they are explicitly not letting people download those security fixes.
> There has to be a cost in supporting these new processors.
To provide new support. There is no cost in letting the existing support that works just fine continue to run.
Well... to be fair this will only affect those doing new builds, not current builds already running supported cpus. If you're installing a new Kaby lake CPU on an OS that's outright saying it doesn't support it then it's at your own risk.