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Look forward to Win7 not working on the next gen of Intel processors, at MS request.

by SixSigma 10y ago

krylon 10y ago
Why would Microsoft want to stop people running their system on newer CPUs?
- SixSigma 10y ago
  Hmm, I got that slightly backwards, Win10 will not work on older CPUs > Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon. For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel’s upcoming “Kaby Lake” silicon, Qualcomm’s upcoming “8996” silicon, and AMD’s upcoming “Bristol Ridge” silicon. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/15/windows-10-embracing-silicon-innovation/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/15/windo...
  - caf 10y ago
    I can't see that surviving first contact with large corporate / government customers saying "No, we're going to stay on Windows 7 Enterprise for the next little while thanks - and by the way, we need to buy new PCs sometimes".
  - krylon 10y ago
    > Hmm, I got that slightly backwards, Win10 will not work on older CPUs That makes more sense. I remember that years ago, there was this tongue-in-cheek conspiracy theory floating around that Microsoft and Intel had some kind of deal that new versions of Windows would pretty much require one to get a new computer so it would run decently, in order to boost Intel's sales. Maybe there was something to it? ;-) OTOH: "For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel’s upcoming “Kaby Lake” silicon" - that does indeed sound like one could run into trouble trying to run older versions of Windows on new chips... I wonder if there are hard technical reasons for this. After all, both Intel and Microsoft had put a lot of hard work into preserving backwards compatibility.

Look forward to Win7 not working on the next gen of Intel processors, at MS request.

krylon 10y ago

Why would Microsoft want to stop people running their system on newer CPUs?

SixSigma 10y ago
Hmm, I got that slightly backwards, Win10 will not work on older CPUs > Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon. For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel’s upcoming “Kaby Lake” silicon, Qualcomm’s upcoming “8996” silicon, and AMD’s upcoming “Bristol Ridge” silicon. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/15/windows-10-embracing-silicon-innovation/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/15/windo...
- caf 10y ago
  I can't see that surviving first contact with large corporate / government customers saying "No, we're going to stay on Windows 7 Enterprise for the next little while thanks - and by the way, we need to buy new PCs sometimes".
- krylon 10y ago
  > Hmm, I got that slightly backwards, Win10 will not work on older CPUs That makes more sense. I remember that years ago, there was this tongue-in-cheek conspiracy theory floating around that Microsoft and Intel had some kind of deal that new versions of Windows would pretty much require one to get a new computer so it would run decently, in order to boost Intel's sales. Maybe there was something to it? ;-) OTOH: "For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel’s upcoming “Kaby Lake” silicon" - that does indeed sound like one could run into trouble trying to run older versions of Windows on new chips... I wonder if there are hard technical reasons for this. After all, both Intel and Microsoft had put a lot of hard work into preserving backwards compatibility.