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The engineering/testing cruft that goes along with testing super old hardware probably also hurts how quick they can iterate and how much they have to spend to
by judge2020 5y ago
The engineering/testing cruft that goes along with testing super old hardware probably also hurts how quick they can iterate and how much they have to spend to validate changes on multiple hardware configurations.
- rejectedandsad 5y agoBut...supporting that is literally the appeal of Windows?
- cdash 5y agoIs it? I thought the appeal of Windows is supporting old software with new versions of Windows. Getting new hardware is easy, getting new software isn't.
- rejectedandsad 5y agoThat’s fair, but having long hardware support periods has been a consistent goal since at least XP, which supported machines with 64mb of RAM. Machines that could run vista well can still run W10 fine!
- II2II 5y agoPossibly, but I was under the impression that the free upgrade to Windows 10 (and the inexpensive upgrade for Windows 8) was to entice people to move to the new operating system in order to reduce support costs. By making a hardware upgrade a prerequisite of an operating system upgrade for a larger number of people will just encourage people to stick to Windows 10. That's especially true for desktop computers, where a moderately old machine will outperform many modern laptops.