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I'm surprised by this because I know that Microsoft has a test lab with various hardware configurations and software to help verify that updates don't break exi
by Osiris 9y ago
I'm surprised by this because I know that Microsoft has a test lab with various hardware configurations and software to help verify that updates don't break existing software.
Doesn't Microsoft have the resources to run automated tests on enough hardware configurations to have caught this?
- sitharus 9y agoThey do, but there’s a huge number of possible configurations of both hardware and software to choose from and they’re always going to miss some.
- bluedino 9y agoHow far back do the machines in Microsoft testing lab go? I heard the chips having the problems were Athlons from 2005-2006, which are 12-13 years old now. Apple doesn't have to worry about this kind of stuff when they patch OS X because they are able to drop support for anything they want after a certain time.