Calm down Greta lol...
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Uh, no it won't. Unless it's software that's still supported, you're SOL, and with everything being subscription based nowadays, that means that unless it's all new software, you're screwed. If that's what Intel and AMD were going to do, then Microsoft should have just dumped x86 entirely and made a new version of Linux or something. Apple has changed architectures multiple times and it's gone very well for them. Microsoft either needs to stick to the ONE thing they have to their advantage, which is long term software support, or just jettisoned the whole thing and started over from scratch. Microsoft has tried this multiple times (Windows RT, S-Mode, etc.) but the reason it failed is because no one wants a totally new OS with no support for old software.
That was a hardware switch. It didn't require thousands of out of support software titles to be updated.
Yes it is. Software now is mostly moving to a SAAS model, which means that older software is never going to be updated. If you have an older piece of software you want to run then you're just SOL.
Apple is different. Not only have they undergone several entire architecture changes, Macs don't run the world. If all the Apple computers disappeared from the world no one would even notice but if all PCs disappeared from the world NOTHING would function. Entire governments and fortune 500 companies would grind to a halt. We'd literally be facing a Mad Max scenario.
They key word here is SOME. Microsoft made sure there was rock solid backwards compatibility. Only a tiny minority of very horribly programmed software was affected.
The key word here is EVENTUALLY. Intel and AMD have never just released a processor that broke brand new software. If the new CPUs only broke 15+yo software then I wouldn't have much of a problem with it, but when it breaks brand new stuff, that also means that 2+yo stuff that's no longer supported is also going to break, and no one is going to patch it. Essentially their attitude is unless you're running brand new stuff that's going to get patched, get f*cked. If that's the way Microsoft and Intel/AMD are going to play it, then they've lost the ONE advantage they have over Mac OS and Linux, which is long term software support and backwards compatibility. You might as well switch to a different platform. There's no longer any reason to stay with Windows. What a boneheaded move. It's like Microsoft and AMD/Intel WANT to go out of business.
Microsoft has been crap ever since Windows 8 came out. They've stopped giving a damn about their customers or the user experience, instead obsessing about cloud services and adding new features that literally NO ONE asked for. Windows 7 was the last truly good OS. 8 was terrible, 10 was just okay, and 11 is a dumpster fire. I can't even use the Home version of Windows anymore because I need the group policy editor to turn off all the garbage in Windows to make it even functional.
Think VM guys...
Long term support is a double-edged sword. Never forget the zombie IE. I wonder how many government agencies are still using that? Even some new subscription based software relies on that ancient architecture. The compromise is to keep these zombies running until they are no longer in use so that critical infrastructure doesn't shut down in the mean time... and as long as there is a critical system relying on it, Microsoft will be forced to maintain support.
No it does not always get patched there are some games that were released this year the company went under no longer exists thus no patches will be available.@Galdorf
Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs aren’t playing nice with DRM in some games
The newest Intel chips are causing compatibility problems with over 50 games running Denuvo DRM.
It's the DRM's fault. As for the CAD and other 3D software... things will have to change. The 12th gen chips are essentially two different CPUs bolted together. Not just more cores, but different types of cores. That's a game changer! And one you should expect to expand, the next phase should be to bolt in ARM cores too!
Software has never had to ask which CPU type to run on before... So DRM and things like it are going to be hit. It'll get patched, it always does.
This happens with all upgrades, you don't want to know much much money "I've lost" because things aged out.
