From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 05:14:55 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Jim H wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:21:41 -0300, in   
   >> , Shadow    
   >> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>Intel has dropped the Skylake line of processors. It announced   
   >>>the new line will ONLY support Win 10. No, not even Win 7 or 8.   
   >>>A M$ lockout.   
   >>>Desktop or not, you will be looking for second hand/old stock   
   >>>processors. Motherboards ditto.   
   >>>Not sure what the game is with AMD. Win 7, 8 and XP still have   
   >>>over 60% of the market., despite M$'s inflated claims.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> How about Linux... and several other far lesser known OSes?   
   >   
   >I imagine they will work on the new systems just fine, as will older version   
   >of Windows. They just (probably) won't have drivers for the chipset or   
   >something similar.   
      
   	The Linux guys will probably cook up chipset drivers, as they   
   always have.   
   	As to older versions of Windows, like Win 7, good luck with   
   running it in VGA with no audio.   
   	PS I just read that AMD is also dropping support for any OS   
   other than Win 10. Sucks.   
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