Friday, September 2nd 2016
AMD "Zen" and Intel "Kaby Lake" will Only Support Windows 10 and *nix
If you're holding out on Windows 7 as your PC gaming platform, you may also want to hold out on your current hardware for a long while. Microsoft is making good on a warning it made earlier this year, that it would not provide support to users of upcoming processors on older Windows operating systems. At their launch, Intel's 7th generation Core "Kaby Lake" processors and AMD "Summit Ridge" and "Bristol Ridge" will receive support from Microsoft only on the Windows 10 operating system. Older Windows versions will not receive drivers from Microsoft that support the new platforms. This is similar to Microsoft cutting off support for Windows XP from Intel's 3rd generation Core "Ivy Bridge" processors.
Without platform support, your Windows installation won't utilize many of the CPU features introduced with "Kaby Lake" and "Zen" and will likely run on a bare-minimum compatibility mode. This effectively cuts off PC enthusiasts from using older Windows versions on new hardware, such as the still-popular Windows 7. Non-Microsoft operating systems such as the latest *nix distributions such as ChromeOS, SteamOS, and OS X are still fully compatible with the upcoming chips.
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PC Gamer, Many Thanks to 95Viper for the tip.
Without platform support, your Windows installation won't utilize many of the CPU features introduced with "Kaby Lake" and "Zen" and will likely run on a bare-minimum compatibility mode. This effectively cuts off PC enthusiasts from using older Windows versions on new hardware, such as the still-popular Windows 7. Non-Microsoft operating systems such as the latest *nix distributions such as ChromeOS, SteamOS, and OS X are still fully compatible with the upcoming chips.
108 Comments on AMD "Zen" and Intel "Kaby Lake" will Only Support Windows 10 and *nix
lol!!
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There are so many retarded people in this thread, it takes 2 clicks to get to the control panel in Windows 10
Either way, people need to stop spreading lies. W10 does have the normal control panel and it takes exactly 2 clicks to get there as shown in my gif.
People complaining about privacy probably have gmail, use google, have a twitter, instagram, facebook or any of that other crap that "spies" on your activity. No matter what you do to try to prevent any "spying" it will happen in some way or the other.
I believe that when i do upgrade my pc i would have to purchase a new o/s
but if i keep my windows 7 i can use that on any system i build
now the o/s might be old in a years or twos time but finding the cost of a new pc and a o/s at the same time would cause me to reduce the hardware i could purchase
as it is i can buy my hardware use my windows 7 and when the system is fully working i could swap over to windows 10 if needed and in my own time
While they shamelessly self promote new operating systems and hardware... THen shame and call anyone a noob who isn't on the latest and greatest.
Couldn't tell you who Dennis Ritchie or Dave Cutler are.
Windows 10 is retarded Its a DE-evolution ( no colour icons) no start bar which almost every other OS on the planet has. You need to be on some good drugs to use the piece of crap they call a start bar. ( could go on about how shite windows 10 is)
But on the other hand this is fantastic.... You can run NIX. Imagine a whole generation of kids growing up not wanting or needing to know windows environments.... While I have less dislike for NIX it has it fall downs but its generally Free and works.
AMD and intel must like shooting there own feet
@cyneater Why is no colours a step back? Isn't it just a design choice? Genuinly curious, I don't think I've seen that argument before.
Definitely.
Apple does not support older OS-es, however they do offer free OS upgrade (which MS did as well)
Google/Android vendors support older OS-es only up to 2 years from launch date. (In reality Nexus has like 2 years, for the rest is more like 1 year, as it takes them 1 year to incorporate whatever changes google did in their version of the OS.) Some models sell for more than 2 years, which means you can actually buy a phone with no support at all.
Ubuntu has the LTE version which will go up to 5 years.
MS support was been over 5 years in general for the last relevant OS versions.
I've been running windows 10 for the last year and its great. Some things are a bit awkward, but its robust, reliable OS.
That said, I agree. It's way blown out of proportion.
From a UI perspective, my main beef is not the "lack of" control panel, but the fact that we basically have two.
And you people already know how I feel about igore lists... quit "shaming" people via them.
This in not news people. So what if MS doesn't "support" the new CPU's and chipsets. Windows XP still installs and runs perfectly on my Ivybridge based system. Not a single problem. It even sees and properly reports the model of the CPU. It sees all 12 threads. Windows 7 will do the same.
Having said that, however, when it does work, settings can be found rather quickly using the search in both Start and the Settings app.