Vlasnici Intelovog procesora Skylake imaju 18 mjeseci da nadograde sa starijih Windowsa na Win10. Također, sljedeća generacija Intelovog procesora Kaby Lake neće podržavati ranije verzije Windowsa, kao ni ostali proizvođači, stoga pažnja pri kupnji.
Next generation processors, including Intel's "Kaby Lake", Qualcomm's 8996 (branded as Snapdragon 820), and AMD's "Bristol Ridge" APUs (which will use the company's Excavator architecture, not its brand new Zen arch) will only be supported on Windows 10. Going forward, the company says that using the latest generation processors will always require the latest generation operating system.
Održavanje kompatibilnosti unatrag košta, a kad nešto košta svima nam je mrsko, pa iz Microsofta kažu:
Microsoft's Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President, Windows and Devices Group, was a little less direct about this, but made similar implications. He told us that change was driven by a desire to preserve quality. Ensuring high quality support for Skylake on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 took a "large investment," and future processor innovations will demand continued investment.
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