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What a pain in the ass for people doing OS compatibility testing

• cwyers 10y ago
  Use a VM.
  • LeoPanthera 10y ago
    Would this work? Doesn't a VM pass the CPU directly through to the client OS?
    • binarycrusader 10y ago
      It can, but it doesn't have to. And most of the compatibility issues here are in system chipsets, not so much the CPUs (unless you count the integrated graphics some have).
    • wila 10y ago
      Most likely works. You can mask off the newer features on all previous cpus to make them look like an older model. Normally that kind of feature is preserved on newer products.
    • oakwhiz 10y ago
      In a VM the hardware is fake, and usually works on most OSes. The real hardware is the problem here, because it only has official drivers for Windows 10. The CPU is fine. Using a VM makes it more difficult to use some features of real hardware, even if it is still technically possible to pass real hardware into a VM. It's a usability issue. What people want is to have their favorite OS or OSes on the newest hardware. But sometimes the hardware and OS makers collude to make older tech obsolete.