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tl;dr: SSE4.2 is required now. No runtime detection, no software trapping/emulation. Hard crash for very old hardware.
by tux3 3y ago
tl;dr: SSE4.2 is required now.
No runtime detection, no software trapping/emulation. Hard crash for very old hardware.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoIf you read the thread, this is a "Microsoft App" issue. The core OS remains functional. You can still play games, surf the Web, and run 3rd party software. Very embarrassing for MS, and it tracks with their ready, fire, aim QA process.
- tux3 3y agoI think the current QA process is a deliberate outcome. If you invest drastically less in testing and mark some hardware configs as unsupported, eventually these hardware configs break. Like with anything, lack of care leads to degradation. The core functions remain for a while, but without support it's clear where this leads. Microsoft has no reason to be embarrassed or surprised, they chose the circumstances that made this happen!