That's just one example

YOu talking about XP

No

Not XP, Windows 10

They supported that for nearly 15 years

XP was a monolithic release

If you installed XP on a PC in 2001, it would still install in 2016

(Initial release in 2001, SP3 in 2016)

Yeah and Windows 10 can install on anyway software as old as it release at least

Not the case with Windows 10

That's a carefully worded sentence, Farrongoth

You can install windows 10 on a Raspberry PI

It's carefully worded cos I don't know if you can install on 10 year old hardware

You could, Farrongoth

I would say yes so long yo can get at least 4GB of RAM

Ram is not relevent

If anything, Apple is better than Microsoft on this score

Well that's the only thing that would stop windows 10 install on older hardware with the exception of some really niche hardware.

Windows 10 doesn't ship with drivers it tends to download and install as needed

Apple have a very clear set of expectations

Their OS can be installed on a defined range of devices,a nd be upgraded within a define window

> If anything, Apple is better than Microsoft on this score
Apple have been proven multiple times to slow down old OS. and even new OS on old hardware

Yes

Which is better than allowing people to install an OS, then killing it when you release a feature update

Which is what Microsoft do

No such evidence exists for Microsoft and they have a larger market share, so how exactly are the worse than Apple

No they don't

Yes they do

The only time microsoft have broken hardware compatibility is when they genuinely fucked up an update

nope

Okay

I'm sorry, farrongoth, i'm not trying to be difficult here, but what you're saying just isn't true

@Raptorian UEFI was just a failure

With each feature update, they retire hardware support

There are clear and obvious reasons for doing so

How old are we talking?

typically older than 5 years

I pretty sure I could build a PC using 10 year old parts and install windows 10 and it'll be fine for standard use, probably not games but standard use

and i'm pretty sure you'd hit minefields

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nevertheless, the problem is with the feature updates - the CORRECT thing to do would be a more formal compatibility check

and if not compatible, DONT upgrade