Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10

[AlamoX]

In a change to its longstanding support policy, Microsoft says PCs based on new CPU architectures, including Intel's Skylake chips, will require Windows 10. A list of preferred systems will support older Windows versions on new hardware, but only for 18 months.
Yes, Windows 7 (currently in the Extended support phase) will continue to receive updates until January 14, 2020, and Windows 8.1 will be supported until January 10, 2023. But in a series of "clarifications" to its support policy today, the company announced that support for those older Windows versions will be available only for "previous generations of silicon."
Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support... 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.
full article on Znet

i dont know about you, but microsoft seem awefully pushy for windows 10, i think this is getting out of hand, i think PC users never needed a new OS like they do today.

 

[AlamoX]

It sounds like Win7 will still run on Skylake/ future CPUs, just you won't be able to get tech support.

In which case, nobody cares, right?

you should care even if you are not a business, because if there is no support and lack of updates, you ultimately end up instability, increased power draw, and lower performance relative to Windows 10.
even gamers should be concerned, and i do care because i dont wanna be blackmailed into migrating to Win10, even if win10 is better than win7 like some say, so what i dont wanna migrate, isn't that my right ? so why make it hell for me to stay, keep naging me and pushing me into the edge for me to jump.
i really wish microsoft slips, and end up with some serious class action lawsuit over win10 crap.

 

[AlamoX]

Do you honestly think that somebody buying a future Intel CPU will not be able to physicallly install Win7, or get updates?

I honestly don't even know how they could implement that.

Win7 will use any x86 CPU just fine, right? I also don't see them stopping Win7 machines from getting updates based on the CPU it has.

I don't see they can stop anything other than tech support.

i have no idea about the requirement of win10 for newer cpu, thats probably aimed at OEMs, i dont see how they can manage it on the global pc market.
but my point was about the updates, they wont do updates related to new cpu optimization, stability, security etc...even though WIN7 support should stay up to 2020, so over time games will start crashing, performing badly, overall OS instability etc, because the updates will go to win10 only, so yes this is bad and concerns you too.

 

[AlamoX]

The point is, the worst they can do is not support new CPU features on Skylake+ CPUs on Win7.

They can't/won't flat out stop those PCs running win7.

Thus thread title is misleading.

but how funny would it be, to buy a new cpu just to end up with unstable OS, bugs and glitch, software that crash, benchmarks falling way behind etc... that's the point, poison your life under Win7, so that you move over to Win10.
and entreprises that wanna keep old OS will cost them more, btw the migration over win10 isn't as good as microsoft let ppl believe, they say 200mil ppl moved to win10 devices, but that's misleading, these devices include much more than PC, it includes phones, tablets and a lot of other crap, beside they are starting basicaly to force OEMs to sell win10 laptop and pc, ppl who doesn't know better who got moved by auto update, or ppl who just got enough of the msg nagging.
but in reality very little number of PC users, actualy switched from Win7 to Win10

 

[AlamoX]

At the end of the day , you can't expect a company to support 1 product forever . The gauarantee for most products is 5 years in the uk . If your having support problem after that imo ....tough

And i'm on windows 7 myself

nobody is asking them to support it forever, but the end of support is 2020 not 2017 like they want to do for cpu, it's not like they are stoping update for CPUs , no they keep FX,xeon,hawsel,opteron...covered to 2020, But if you want to get a New CPU like Zen, well your support ends in 2017, it's just backward usualy you call old cpu legacy and move on, but here they are telling you you better get WIN10 if you want to upgrade your CPU.