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Originally Posted by ApK
But then there's this (which was also mentioned in the ars technica article earlier):
So....? There will still be support of the most critical kind?
Plus, while, again, I dislike the tactics as much as anyone, is it even really a 'breech of contract' in any sense? Did MS ever promise 7/8 would be compatible and supported on processors that didn't exist yet?
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It is as rcentos says: Windows 7 and 8.1 already run on Skylake systems. The CPU's and chipsets are on the market already, and have been for 5 months. There is no reason Windows 7 and 8.1 should stop running on these platforms.
If Microsoft wants to stop support for newer processors and chipsets, they should do so for systems that are not already on the market. Skylake's successor will probably be released somewhere in 2017. They could have said: "No support if you put Windows 7 or 8.1 on those systems", and I could have understood that. Cutting support for systems on which the OS already runs (and not only that, they were delivered with said OS until two weeks ago) is just a lame tactic to get people to move to Windows 10.