No: this is obviously incorrect, as even dead operating systems that will never experience a new version or have any driver support work well enough on newer I

No: this is obviously incorrect, as even dead operating systems that will never experience a new version or have any driver support work well enough on newer Intel hardware. This is due to some combination of extremely long-lived standards and epic forwards compatibility in the design of the BIOS layer. For a better answer, read mschuster91's response.