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Originally Posted by rcentros
Support of the "most critical kind" ... "maybe." Not exactly something a businessman is going to rely on.
It's not a matter of hardware incompatibility, it's a matter of licensing. Windows 7 and 8.1 already run on Skylake processors -- now. There's no reason why they couldn't run on Skylake processors till 2020 and 2023. And it's not Microsoft who writes drivers for 3rd party hardware (like graphic cards and network cards), the companies who make the hardware write the drivers.
The hardware support issue is just a lame excuse for Microsoft's strong-arm attempt to force all users to the same platform.
They were discussing this on "Windows Weekly" -- sounded more like apologies for Microsoft than anything else -- then the host shows his computer and talks about installing Linux Mint on his former Windows 10 computer. Cracked me up.
https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly...utostart=false
Go to the 1:16:45 mark if interested. |
There was quite a bit more to this than you are letting on. One of the points mentioned in the show was that for every new processor, Microsoft has been 'back patching' older OSs to make sure they do work correctly with new hardware.
They then go on to talk about with new processors becoming much more complex (just look at the new sleep modes with Skylake) and all the resulting sleep issues many PCs using them have had that are still being worked out, and you quickly realize that the issue is a far more complex one than it may appear to be at first glance. Add to this the complexities of 'systems on a chip', new throttling capabilities, and it becomes much more clear as to why Microsoft would have a lot of motivation to do this.
And the host switched only one of his 2 Windows 10 machines to Linux, not because he doesn't like Windows 10, but because he, as a tech enthusiast, keeps himself abreast of all platforms and technologies. His Surface Book is still running Windows 10.