Windows 10, is it better than the rest?

[Ger21]

Microsoft have announced that future Intel processors will not support anything older than Windows 10.

First, I'm not sure why one company would give press releases on another companies products.
Second, why would they. Companies don't make new products to be compatible with old technology, unless that's there specific market.

Go play with your Linux box and stop whining about Windows, since you obviously have an agenda.

The w7, 8 and 10 are very stable

There's really very little difference between them. Except that Microsoft screwed up the interface in 8, but you could fix it in 5 minutes, if you wanted to. I've been running 8.1 for 18 months, and have zero problems with it. I was hesitant to update to 10, until I got a new laptop with 10. It's almost the same as 8, but yes, it's faster.

[magicniner]

First, I'm not sure why one company would give press releases on another companies products.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/micros...ews-52211.html

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/16/10...essors-skylake

If you read you will find that what Microsoft have taken the decision to do is force early obsolescence on their older operating systems within their stated support life by ensuring the processors in new PCs will not run them.
It's not referred to in the industry as a Wintel platform for nothing, they might not be married but they are definitely in bed ;-)

Comparing a new version of Windows on a new laptop to an old version of Windows one on an old laptop is like comparing a new fuel in a new car to an old fuel in an old one, meaningless, of course something in newer faster hardware will be faster!

- Nick

Mach3 on W7 BTW, no cigar! ;-)

[Ger21]

If you read you will find that what Microsoft have taken the decision to do is force early obsolescence on their older operating systems within their stated support life by ensuring the processors in new PCs will not run them.

What percentage of PC buyers intend on running an older OS on their new PC? I'd think that it's much less than 1%.

Comparing a new version of Windows on a new laptop to an old version of Windows one on an old laptop is like comparing a new fuel in a new car to an old fuel in an old one, meaningless, of course something in newer faster hardware will be faster!

Except that I'm comparing an $800 laptop running 10, to a $3000 desktop running 8.1.

Mach3 on W7 BTW, no cigar! ;-)

I would say that most new Mach3 users in the last 3-5 years are running 7, and a lot are now running Mach3 on 10.

[magicniner]

Microsoft state

A device may not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, lacking current drivers, or otherwise outside the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (“OEM”) support period.

;-)