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Windows 10 Embracing Silicon Innovation

by TranceMan on 9/2/16, 3:19 PM with 2 comments

• by TranceMan on 9/2/16, 3:19 PM

  Commentary here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3112663/software/microsoft-ma...

• by mtgx on 9/2/16, 3:29 PM

  That's one way of saying you're dropping support for previous chips. Why can't Microsoft "embrace silicon innovation" and support older chips?

  With windows 7, I get it, they've already said they stopped doing "feature updates" for it, although I'm not sure ensuring your OS "works" with the newer chips would constitute a "feature." However, Windows 8 is supposed to get feature updates for quite a while longer, so other than an arbitrary decision from Microsoft so it can more forcefully push Windows 10 on the market, there's no good reason for windows 8 to not work on the newer chips.