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Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen processors to only support Windows 10 and Unix
News hits the web on multiple websites today that it seems likely that both AMD ZEN and Intel's Kaby lake processors are to only support Windows 10 and Unix compatible operating systems. That would be bad news for the guys still on Windows 7 looking forward to an upgrade.
The news hits the web today through PC Gamer. Microsoft already announced this news earlier this year, but we didn't know about ZEN on this one. It makes sense though but yes, Microsoft is planning to only support the new processors on Windows 10 (so this is not an AMD or Intel thing). Basically Microsoft will not support the new processors on older operating systems. While I do believe the standard instruction sets should be supported, the niche multi-media functions etc thus should not be. So it remains to be seen how compatible these processors are going to be.
"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 stated in a blog post earlier this year.
"As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support,” a Microsoft spokeswoman stated. "This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon."
So, what happens if you install a Kaby Lake processor in a desktop PC running Windows 7? Good question—nobody knows outside of Microsoft and Intel, and until the CPUs are out in the wild, no one will have the opportunity to try it out. One unnamed source told PCWorld that without support and security updates, his guess is that the experience would be "a bit glitchy." Another surmised that certain apps trying to use features built into the chips could crash. Even if you can get the OS installed, it would likely be a sub-optimal experience at best.
There's not a whole lot Intel and AMD are saying about this. Both chipmakers provided canned responses when asked for thoughts on the subject, with Intel confirming it has no plans on updating Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 drivers for Kaby Lake "per Microsoft's support policy change."
Obviously everything not Microsoft will support the processors like *nix distributions such as ChromeOS, SteamOS, and OS X.
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#5329910 Posted on: 09/02/2016 05:42 PM
I think this is less about Us (people who build there own computers) are more about Companies like HP, Dell and so forth that build Computers it forces them if they want to install a new Skylake or Zen they have to put windows 10.
I think this is less about Us (people who build there own computers) are more about Companies like HP, Dell and so forth that build Computers it forces them if they want to install a new Skylake or Zen they have to put windows 10.
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#5329917 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:01 PM
I call BS. I'll stick with modded W7 as long as possible.
All I've heard of W8 to W10 has been bad.
I call BS. I'll stick with modded W7 as long as possible.
All I've heard of W8 to W10 has been bad.
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#5329920 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:05 PM
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
Why aren't the Linux kernel maintainers backporting drivers then?
I call BS. I'll stick with modded W7 as long as possible.
All I've heard of W8 to W10 has been bad.
What are "modded" Windows 7? You have the source code around?
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
In the last decade there have been numerous new design and attack paradigms invented. Meanwhile the laws of aerodynamics tend to be more stable
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
Why aren't the Linux kernel maintainers backporting drivers then?
I call BS. I'll stick with modded W7 as long as possible.
All I've heard of W8 to W10 has been bad.
What are "modded" Windows 7? You have the source code around?
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
In the last decade there have been numerous new design and attack paradigms invented. Meanwhile the laws of aerodynamics tend to be more stable
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#5329921 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:05 PM
And there in lies the problem. There is nothing fundamentally worse about Windows 10 than 7. Yet you hate it - why? Because you don't like change?
I hate MS, but decisions like this aren't BS. It isn't sustainable to keep supporting outdated hardware. It is hard to progress technology when you are stuck with software or hardware that acts as heavy burdens or complete roadblocks. Why do you think it's taking Windows so long to ditch 32 bit software? Why do you think DX11 (or 12 for that matter) took so long to get adopted? Why do you think HTML5 is still a minority? Why do you think Intel is struggling to compete against ARM? Why do you think we're still stuck on IPv4?
In order for computer technology to progress, certain hardware and software support must be dropped. Sometimes it's just a matter of manpower for maintenance, or customer satisfaction.
A couple years ago, the Linux kernel dropped support for the original Pentium CPU. I saw that as a good thing - nobody using such an old CPU will ever be able to run a modern kernel smoothly. Such a person would not be able to take advantage of the features it has to offer. If we just indefinitely support older hardware like this, the kernel will get indefinitely large, and proper maintenance will break.
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
Not really a good example. Computer hardware and software has evolved a lot in 7 years. Meanwhile engine technology hasn't really improved all that much in the past 30 years, maybe more.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
And there in lies the problem. There is nothing fundamentally worse about Windows 10 than 7. Yet you hate it - why? Because you don't like change?
I hate MS, but decisions like this aren't BS. It isn't sustainable to keep supporting outdated hardware. It is hard to progress technology when you are stuck with software or hardware that acts as heavy burdens or complete roadblocks. Why do you think it's taking Windows so long to ditch 32 bit software? Why do you think DX11 (or 12 for that matter) took so long to get adopted? Why do you think HTML5 is still a minority? Why do you think Intel is struggling to compete against ARM? Why do you think we're still stuck on IPv4?
In order for computer technology to progress, certain hardware and software support must be dropped. Sometimes it's just a matter of manpower for maintenance, or customer satisfaction.
A couple years ago, the Linux kernel dropped support for the original Pentium CPU. I saw that as a good thing - nobody using such an old CPU will ever be able to run a modern kernel smoothly. Such a person would not be able to take advantage of the features it has to offer. If we just indefinitely support older hardware like this, the kernel will get indefinitely large, and proper maintenance will break.
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#5329922 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:07 PM
It's not a Windows 10 issue. It also happens in Windows 7 and 8.1. It's a combination of driver/dx9. The author of ENB explains it at the NVIDIA forums.
Also, this was a different problem. At the time, Nvidia f**ked up windows 7 drivers that came along with new w8/w10 drivers. And that is what boris was asking them to change back. It doesn't happen today with w7 anymore, nor did it ever happened with AMD cards.
The problem that persists has nothing to do with vga drivers, but purely windows 8/10 coding, which MS admitted but hasn't done sh*t about.
I mentioned only the w10 limit and not w8 in my initial post because thankfully w10 is very good and w8 can be rightfully, totally and safely forgotten
It's not a Windows 10 issue. It also happens in Windows 7 and 8.1. It's a combination of driver/dx9. The author of ENB explains it at the NVIDIA forums.
Also, this was a different problem. At the time, Nvidia f**ked up windows 7 drivers that came along with new w8/w10 drivers. And that is what boris was asking them to change back. It doesn't happen today with w7 anymore, nor did it ever happened with AMD cards.
The problem that persists has nothing to do with vga drivers, but purely windows 8/10 coding, which MS admitted but hasn't done sh*t about.
I mentioned only the w10 limit and not w8 in my initial post because thankfully w10 is very good and w8 can be rightfully, totally and safely forgotten
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#5329923 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:08 PM
Also, this was a different problem. At the time, Nvidia f**ked up windows 7 drivers that came along with new w8/w10 drivers. And that is what boris was asking them to change back. It doesn't happen today with w7 anymore, nor did it ever happened with AMD cards.
The problem that persists has nothing to do with vga drivers, but purely windows 8/10 coding, which MS admitted but hasn't done sh*t about.
I mentioned only the w10 limit and not w8 in my initial post because thankfully w10 is very good and w8 can be rightfully, totally and safely forgotten
Interesting. From that NVidia thread I would guess it's the same issue. Any links to Microsoft admitting doing that? I couldn't find anything, apart from them moving the bug report to the Windows team. In the NVIDIA thread the author of ENB is insisting it's a driver/DX9 problem though, and not a Windows problem. He said he has tested it with multiple Windows versions, and the only people going against him seem to be the usual array of forum know-it-alls.
Also, this was a different problem. At the time, Nvidia f**ked up windows 7 drivers that came along with new w8/w10 drivers. And that is what boris was asking them to change back. It doesn't happen today with w7 anymore, nor did it ever happened with AMD cards.
The problem that persists has nothing to do with vga drivers, but purely windows 8/10 coding, which MS admitted but hasn't done sh*t about.
I mentioned only the w10 limit and not w8 in my initial post because thankfully w10 is very good and w8 can be rightfully, totally and safely forgotten
Interesting. From that NVidia thread I would guess it's the same issue. Any links to Microsoft admitting doing that? I couldn't find anything, apart from them moving the bug report to the Windows team. In the NVIDIA thread the author of ENB is insisting it's a driver/DX9 problem though, and not a Windows problem. He said he has tested it with multiple Windows versions, and the only people going against him seem to be the usual array of forum know-it-alls.
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#5329926 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:23 PM
I can see the CPU work, but simply not optimized for the OS ? In more advanced stages you could see similarities with Windows XP, for example ever since I think it was Haswell, Windows XP simply refused to install on that processor.
But I do think it'll work, but comparable to older graphics card, an an optimized legacy status. Not sure though, time tell.
Based on my experience I have had Windows XP Pro installed on i7 4860HQ Haswell CPU and I can tell you that when I was installing the XP OS never had any troubles because of the Haswell CPU itself, but I have had trouble with the Intel HM87 chipset in AHCI mode and the Intel 8C03 (8 series chipset) SATA controller driver which is very hard to find the right driver and slipstream it on my XP USB OS drive. I have managed to integrate the right drivers and the XP installation on Intel's 8 series chipset was possible.
I think that Windows 7 will get the same destiny like XP had from Microsoft some years ago. No support for the new chipsets from Intel and from AMD too
I can see the CPU work, but simply not optimized for the OS ? In more advanced stages you could see similarities with Windows XP, for example ever since I think it was Haswell, Windows XP simply refused to install on that processor.
But I do think it'll work, but comparable to older graphics card, an an optimized legacy status. Not sure though, time tell.
Based on my experience I have had Windows XP Pro installed on i7 4860HQ Haswell CPU and I can tell you that when I was installing the XP OS never had any troubles because of the Haswell CPU itself, but I have had trouble with the Intel HM87 chipset in AHCI mode and the Intel 8C03 (8 series chipset) SATA controller driver which is very hard to find the right driver and slipstream it on my XP USB OS drive. I have managed to integrate the right drivers and the XP installation on Intel's 8 series chipset was possible.
I think that Windows 7 will get the same destiny like XP had from Microsoft some years ago. No support for the new chipsets from Intel and from AMD too
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#5329929 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:31 PM
Yay for people speculating and getting their panties in a wad even before the new stuff is released.
MS says they are not going to "support", as in provide updates, to anything before Windows 10 for Zen and Kaby.
It doesn't mean they won't work, it only means that MS is not going to officially support that type of setup.
And if the past is anything to go by, then it will work just fine. I'm still not sure why you would even want to stay on 7 or 8/8.1 if you are building a new system.. but whatever floats your boat I guess.
Example: I have a C2D (E8600 CPU) system running Windows 98SE. True, some of the drivers were hacked together, but even without the driver packs, it still works.
Yay for people speculating and getting their panties in a wad even before the new stuff is released.
MS says they are not going to "support", as in provide updates, to anything before Windows 10 for Zen and Kaby.
It doesn't mean they won't work, it only means that MS is not going to officially support that type of setup.
And if the past is anything to go by, then it will work just fine. I'm still not sure why you would even want to stay on 7 or 8/8.1 if you are building a new system.. but whatever floats your boat I guess.
Example: I have a C2D (E8600 CPU) system running Windows 98SE. True, some of the drivers were hacked together, but even without the driver packs, it still works.
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#5329930 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:32 PM
I don't see it as a problem at all. My money is my pocket and now it can stay there until a nice big catalogue of DX12 games justify me upgrading. Saved me some money, nice one!
I don't see it as a problem at all. My money is my pocket and now it can stay there until a nice big catalogue of DX12 games justify me upgrading. Saved me some money, nice one!
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#5329933 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:33 PM
Based on my experience I have had Windows XP Pro installed on i7 4860HQ Haswell CPU and I can tell you that when I was installing the XP OS never had any troubles because of the Haswell CPU itself, but I have had trouble with the Intel HM87 chipset in AHCI mode and the Intel 8C03 (8 series chipset) SATA controller driver which is very hard to find the right driver and slipstream it on my XP USB OS drive. I have managed to integrate the right drivers and the XP installation on Intel's 8 series chipset was possible.
I think that Windows 7 will get the same destiny like XP had from Microsoft some years ago. No support for the new chipsets from Intel and from AMD too
Out of curiosity - why XP? Driver issues aside, why buy an i7 (let alone a Haswell) for an OS that lacks support for just about everything that makes an i7 good? You'd probably get better performance running Windows 10 in a VM on a Linux or Mac host than you would running XP bare metal.
Based on my experience I have had Windows XP Pro installed on i7 4860HQ Haswell CPU and I can tell you that when I was installing the XP OS never had any troubles because of the Haswell CPU itself, but I have had trouble with the Intel HM87 chipset in AHCI mode and the Intel 8C03 (8 series chipset) SATA controller driver which is very hard to find the right driver and slipstream it on my XP USB OS drive. I have managed to integrate the right drivers and the XP installation on Intel's 8 series chipset was possible.
I think that Windows 7 will get the same destiny like XP had from Microsoft some years ago. No support for the new chipsets from Intel and from AMD too
Out of curiosity - why XP? Driver issues aside, why buy an i7 (let alone a Haswell) for an OS that lacks support for just about everything that makes an i7 good? You'd probably get better performance running Windows 10 in a VM on a Linux or Mac host than you would running XP bare metal.
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#5329937 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:36 PM
I'm hoping just for curiosity.
Out of curiosity - why XP? Driver issues aside, why buy an i7 (let alone a Haswell) for an OS that lacks support for just about everything that makes an i7 good? You'd probably get better performance running Windows 10 in a VM on a Linux or Mac host than you would running XP bare metal.
I'm hoping just for curiosity.
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#5329939 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:37 PM
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
Do you not understand that electronics for computers are massively different then an airplane?
Sure, there are computers in an airplane, but just like a business that has windows XP still because the software they use was built on it and it's all they need, that airplane that is 20 years old is the same thing. Does a new airplane have new software in it? ofcourse. But that doesn't mean the old, propriatary plane needs it to run.
This is entirely different when you are dealing with progressive technology, where everything is changing so fast hardware and software wise that they both run best when both are newer, and would likely run even better if they didn't have to deal with older technology. Ever run windows vista, 7, 8, or 10 on a computer from the year 2000? Doesn't run very well does it? So why would you expect the hardware to run well on an older operating system, when that older operating system was never designed to run on it?
Your analogy just doesn't make any sense, you're comparing something that is static, never changes, and is designed to run for a long time, with something that is dynamic, and changing all the time, and is also designed to run a long time, but not necessarily with newer stuff
Your windows XP machine i'm sure can run just fine as it did back in the day with older technology and older software, if you were to run that system like that today, THAT would be comparable to your airplane analogy, but that's not what you want, right? You want windows XP, new hardware, and new software, and for it to run perfectly. It doesn't work that way.
I think this is less about Us (people who build there own computers) are more about Companies like HP, Dell and so forth that build Computers it forces them if they want to install a new Skylake or Zen they have to put windows 10.
That doesn't quite make sense as most if not all manufacturers do not put anything windows related other then windows 10 on their PCs now... And it's always like this, support for older operating systems, aka PC manufacturers building PCs with older operating systems, dies off very, very quickly after a new OS is made.
Why? Couple of reasons likely
1. Microsoft likely gives fairly heavy discounts to the new OS so that way there's an influx of the new OS systems right off that bat
2. Microsoft likely stops giving discounts to the older OS and/or stops selling the older OS in large quantities and/or simply stops selling the older OS to PC manufacturers at all
3. PC Manufacturers know that if they want an influx in sales they will want to have a good selection and quantity of PCs with the new operating system as there will be a fairly large influx of people buying PCs just because they want "what's new"
These 3 things if not more make it very unlikely PC manufacturers will continue to make PCs with older operating systems 3-4 months after the new OS is made
I find it hilarious how some of u trust your lives to 20++ years old planes but think a 7 years old OS is ancient stuff...
AFAIK there's been no game changing break through in kernel design nor hardware paradigm in the last decade. Any OS of that age can be properly maintained for a long time, it's just a marketing decision, not a technical problem.
It's true that by itself is not a big deal unless u hate win 10 (I do), but in the context of all bs decisions MS has taken in the last years, overreactions are more than justified....
Do you not understand that electronics for computers are massively different then an airplane?
Sure, there are computers in an airplane, but just like a business that has windows XP still because the software they use was built on it and it's all they need, that airplane that is 20 years old is the same thing. Does a new airplane have new software in it? ofcourse. But that doesn't mean the old, propriatary plane needs it to run.
This is entirely different when you are dealing with progressive technology, where everything is changing so fast hardware and software wise that they both run best when both are newer, and would likely run even better if they didn't have to deal with older technology. Ever run windows vista, 7, 8, or 10 on a computer from the year 2000? Doesn't run very well does it? So why would you expect the hardware to run well on an older operating system, when that older operating system was never designed to run on it?
Your analogy just doesn't make any sense, you're comparing something that is static, never changes, and is designed to run for a long time, with something that is dynamic, and changing all the time, and is also designed to run a long time, but not necessarily with newer stuff
Your windows XP machine i'm sure can run just fine as it did back in the day with older technology and older software, if you were to run that system like that today, THAT would be comparable to your airplane analogy, but that's not what you want, right? You want windows XP, new hardware, and new software, and for it to run perfectly. It doesn't work that way.
I think this is less about Us (people who build there own computers) are more about Companies like HP, Dell and so forth that build Computers it forces them if they want to install a new Skylake or Zen they have to put windows 10.
That doesn't quite make sense as most if not all manufacturers do not put anything windows related other then windows 10 on their PCs now... And it's always like this, support for older operating systems, aka PC manufacturers building PCs with older operating systems, dies off very, very quickly after a new OS is made.
Why? Couple of reasons likely
1. Microsoft likely gives fairly heavy discounts to the new OS so that way there's an influx of the new OS systems right off that bat
2. Microsoft likely stops giving discounts to the older OS and/or stops selling the older OS in large quantities and/or simply stops selling the older OS to PC manufacturers at all
3. PC Manufacturers know that if they want an influx in sales they will want to have a good selection and quantity of PCs with the new operating system as there will be a fairly large influx of people buying PCs just because they want "what's new"
These 3 things if not more make it very unlikely PC manufacturers will continue to make PCs with older operating systems 3-4 months after the new OS is made
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#5329946 Posted on: 09/02/2016 06:54 PM
Yes and no. It is the same problem (in a way) because Nvidia did something wrong with the (at the time) w7 drivers, which they later fixed. That is why boris was asking them to fix the drivers. The problem still existed (microsoft's fault) in w8/10 but nvidia ported it to w7
The ones that were trash talking him in that thread were Sora and Death123something, which are nothing but trolls.
I don't have any links right now but there are a lot of submits to MS regarding this issue with always the same mechanical answers or none at all.
Interesting. From that NVidia thread I would guess it's the same issue. Any links to Microsoft admitting doing that? I couldn't find anything, apart from them moving the bug report to the Windows team. In the NVIDIA thread the author of ENB is insisting it's a driver/DX9 problem though, and not a Windows problem. He said he has tested it with multiple Windows versions, and the only people going against him seem to be the usual array of forum know-it-alls.
Yes and no. It is the same problem (in a way) because Nvidia did something wrong with the (at the time) w7 drivers, which they later fixed. That is why boris was asking them to fix the drivers. The problem still existed (microsoft's fault) in w8/10 but nvidia ported it to w7
The ones that were trash talking him in that thread were Sora and Death123something, which are nothing but trolls.
I don't have any links right now but there are a lot of submits to MS regarding this issue with always the same mechanical answers or none at all.
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#5329958 Posted on: 09/02/2016 07:28 PM
AFAIK, a CPU doesn't support an OS. An OS supports a CPU.
MS have announced they wont support these new CPUs on any OS other than Win10. Just another attempt by MS to make people upgrade to Win10...
AFAIK, a CPU doesn't support an OS. An OS supports a CPU.
MS have announced they wont support these new CPUs on any OS other than Win10. Just another attempt by MS to make people upgrade to Win10...
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It's not to look cool. It's only appropriate given that as boris said it would be easy to patch and w10 has been around for over a year and so far nothing has been done to address the issue