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> it "culls" a whole load of otherwise working software It doesn't cull it, you can still run Windows 3.11 or 98SE as well under emulation as on contemporary
by timcobb 11mo ago
> it "culls" a whole load of otherwise working software
It doesn't cull it, you can still run Windows 3.11 or 98SE as well under emulation as on contemporary original hardware.
If anything, breaking backwards compatibility forces you to run your old software in an "authentic" environment, versus say, on some hardware/software combination tens of generations removed. Like, why would you want to run SkiFree in Windows 11, it feels like an abomination to me, almost disrespectful to the game. I don't want to see my old programs in Windows 11...
- Suppafly 11mo ago>you can still run Windows 3.11 or 98SE as well under emulation as on contemporary original hardware That's mostly how the backwards compatibility works anyway, just under the hood. The OS is using all sorts of compatibility layers to make the older software sit on top of and work on the newer OS versions. It just mostly works flawlessly, so you don't think about it unless it doesn't work automatically and forces you to go into the properties and tinker with which compatibility layer to manually apply.
- timcobb 10mo agoI didn't know that, but I would have assumed that. And that being the case, the difference seems to be whether you want to run your old program in a Windows 11 chrome or a Windows 3.11 chrome :shrug: