Microsoft: Only the Latest Version of Windows Will Support New CPU Generations (windows.com)

Joe_Dragon sends news from Microsoft about how the company will support Windows now and in the future. The company says PCs built with Intel's Skylake chip, and other new architectures in the future, will require the latest version of Windows for support. This doesn't take effect right away; Windows 7 and 8.1 will be supported on older chips until their planned end-of-life dates, in 2020 and 2023 respectively. They'll also be supported on a list of current Skylake devices for the next 18 months. After that, only the latest version of Windows will support integration between the operating system and new CPU features. "For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel's upcoming 'Kaby Lake' silicon, Qualcomm's upcoming '8996' silicon, and AMD's upcoming 'Bristol Ridge' silicon." Microsoft also mentioned that for new supported systems, the company will "ensure all drivers will be on Windows Update with published BIOS/UEFI upgrading tools." The submitter adds, "Putting BIOS/UEFI updates in to the Windows 10 auto- / forced-update system may open Microsoft to paying $600-$1,000+ to replace broken laptops. If Windows tries to update BIOS/UEFI at a bad/risky time (like during power instability in a big storm), it could lead to an update loop or worse."

Comments

Re: How long will you all put up with this shit?

[Anonymous Coward]

so brave

Re:Virtual Machine

[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

That's still not safe enough. I run Windows inside a virtual machine on Linux inside a virtual machine on OS X.

Re:no thanks

[jones_supa]

Just remember that the tradeoff in Linux is constant breakage and the need to fix glitches manually. Think twice if you want to waste your life in that. Is the Windows 10 datamining that bad after all?

The fact is that Linux works nicely on servers and phones, but the PC desktop is a smoking mess with quality assurance outsourced to users.

Re:How long will you all put up with this shit?

[Z00L00K]

How do you know about that?

Re: no thanks

[Ol Olsoc]

You must be pretty thick if it took you two days to do that. It's a piece of piss. Linux could've taken Microsoft to the cleaners had the holy warriors been prepared to work together but instead we have fragmentation, drivers that break from version to version and now systemd. I used to love using Linux but I got sick of trying to get it to do what I want. I probably could figure out but I can't be arsed to spend hours or days dicking about with something that should just work.

Yeah, When I tried Linux mint, My truck engine blew up, My dog ran away, my wife left me for the neighbor's son, the bank repossessed my house, the south 40 caught fire, and all my milch cows went dry. And systemd ate my balls.