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I love many things about Mac OS, but one thing that I really truly absolutely love with a passion above all else about Microsoft Windows is that a Win32 executa
by BugsJustFindMe 9y ago
I love many things about Mac OS, but one thing that I really truly absolutely love with a passion above all else about Microsoft Windows is that a Win32 executable compiled 17 years ago in XP will still run today on a brand new Windows 10 machine with zero fuss. There's something to be said for not destroying the past in the name of progress. Not everything gets rewritten for the shiny new system framework. Sometimes people make something great and then die.
- sebazzz 9y agoWindows XP? Even Deus Ex, which is compatible with Windows 95, runs on Windows 10. Note that such compatibility is also dependend on the game developer. If the used undocumented methods or undefined behavior it may not run on more modern OS. Especially games like The Sims have this issue - and ironically, some relative newer AAA games.
- scarface74 9y agoGetting backwards compatibility forever doesn't come for free, check out some of the MSDN blogs where they discuss all the hacks they've done over the years to maintain backwards compatibility. There were a lot of security exploits that were discovered in old long forgotten 32 bit Code.
- tinus_hn 9y agoThat’s what emulators are for. Run the old OS in a box so you don’t have to pay for supporting ancient crap in the new OS.