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> Windows XP won’t install on a 12700K There are very obvious architectural reasons why this doesn't work, methinks.
by talldayo 2y ago
> Windows XP won’t install on a 12700K
There are very obvious architectural reasons why this doesn't work, methinks.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoYes, but don’t downvote me, as Windows XP is still x86. This only shows my point - that if it was only about architecture, this would be OK.
- talldayo 2y agoWindows XP was designed in an era where heterogeneous system configuration means hard-fail at boot. I don't even think modern Linux was able to boot Alder Lake unless you had the E/P core kernel update or disabled one set of cores entirely.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoAre there? I would easily accept that it might struggle with drivers, but what architectural reasons would stop XP working on brand new x86 hardware? The CPU should be backwards compatible, boot will be a little funky if you're on a pure UEFI system but some web searching seems to show people booting XP on UEFI with only a bit of awful hacks, ... and I'm blanking on what else would be a problem, honestly. Edit: Oh, just now noticing your comment about P/E cores being a problem. Maybe? I'm surprised that that would break it, but maybe if it's explicitly checking that the CPU cores all match or something? Still seems like a minor, self-inflicted, and easily-patchable problem? Not that it would handle P/E cores well, just that I'd expect it to run on them.