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Releasing new CPUs doesn't make older ones unusable; making an OS incompatible with them without good reason does. The article wording might not be the best, s

Releasing new CPUs doesn't make older ones unusable; making an OS incompatible with them without good reason does. The article wording might not be the best, still it's spot on: users whose software will require Windows 11 (or simply who won't feel like going back after upgrading) will be forced to ditch their system, which in a world dominated by Windows, therefore many users with the same problem, is a lot more likely to turn into trash rather than sold as used.

Hamuko 5y ago
>Releasing new CPUs doesn't make older ones unusable; making an OS incompatible with them without good reason does. All those Windows 7 computers didn't become unusable once Windows 8 came out.
- squarefoot 5y ago
  That's because Windows 8 wasn't incompatible with the same hardware that could run windows 7. You're making my point. The article criticizes Windows 11 insane hardware requirements, not Microsoft for making a new version of Windows.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    >That's because Windows 8 wasn't incompatible with the same hardware that could run windows 7. That only matters if people actually upgrade their Windows 7 installs to Windows 8 installs. And since it was a paid upgrade to an OS that was arguable worse than what people had, people probably skipped out. How Windows upgrades worked before Windows 10 was that you upgraded to a new version of Windows when you bought a new PC. Every other means of upgrading was minor at best, since it wasn't available through Windows Update for free.
- roelschroeven 5y ago
  They became unusable, practically speaking, when support ended (unless they're off the grid, or if you don't care to be part of a botnet). Microsoft now says support for Windows 10 will end in 2025; all those unsupported computers became landfill at that point, even if they still run perfectly fine.

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Releasing new CPUs doesn't make older ones unusable; making an OS incompatible with them without good reason does. The article wording might not be the best, s

by squarefoot 5y ago

Hamuko 5y ago
>Releasing new CPUs doesn't make older ones unusable; making an OS incompatible with them without good reason does. All those Windows 7 computers didn't become unusable once Windows 8 came out.
- squarefoot 5y ago
  That's because Windows 8 wasn't incompatible with the same hardware that could run windows 7. You're making my point. The article criticizes Windows 11 insane hardware requirements, not Microsoft for making a new version of Windows.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    >That's because Windows 8 wasn't incompatible with the same hardware that could run windows 7. That only matters if people actually upgrade their Windows 7 installs to Windows 8 installs. And since it was a paid upgrade to an OS that was arguable worse than what people had, people probably skipped out. How Windows upgrades worked before Windows 10 was that you upgraded to a new version of Windows when you bought a new PC. Every other means of upgrading was minor at best, since it wasn't available through Windows Update for free.
- roelschroeven 5y ago
  They became unusable, practically speaking, when support ended (unless they're off the grid, or if you don't care to be part of a botnet). Microsoft now says support for Windows 10 will end in 2025; all those unsupported computers became landfill at that point, even if they still run perfectly fine.