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Originally Posted by kennyc
MS has only said that it will no longer (after a short period of time) support older versions of windows on new processors. End of story. Like it or lump it. Complain to MS if you have an issue. It's their product, they can do whatever they want. (and suffer whatever slings and arrows result)
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"Short time" equals four years (Windows 7) and seven years (Windows 8.1). This is not "only" anything -- it's a huge change in the way Microsoft does business. It's a big trust issue that they're going to have trouble getting past. It's fundamentally dishonest and sleazy.