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

whereas

Well the only minefield would be me download 64-bit windows 10 and not 32-bit and I've used a 32-bit CPU

what ACTUALLY happens, it installs blindly, fucks up, reverts, rinse repeat

which is essentially a deployment failure, but they don't care because it's a tiny % of obsolete hardware they don't care about anyway

which is why i said it's not unreasonable, just badly executed

I've had that issue, but that's usually specific update which is back to my original point the only time they've done that is when they've genuinely fucked up and they tend to fix it in the next update

it's the feature updates, essentialy the "service packs"

I hate features removed from UI

It used to be really easy for me to get my wireless password starting from system tray but no I now have to go through control panel pick the right options to make sure I get the old network UI

it's windows 2000 in a dress, let's face it

That annoys me, but it's a trade off like everything else I actually like Windows 10

i don't, it annoys the fuck out of me

but i don't have a great deal of choice

I avoided Vista and 8 like the plague I went from XP to 7 to 10