Comment on Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs

• Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Those aren’t supported but they’re not affected by this specific change. The latest chips that won’t be able to boot are Core 2 Duo and the Athlon X2 chips that predated AMD Phenom. Old old.

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  • lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My poor Athlon II x64 6400 isn’t that old 😭

    I am actually surprised my nostalgia build still works TBH

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• PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I finally upgraded from a 3rd gen i7 to a 6th gen i7. No performance difference, I just did it because the motherboard wasn’t as shit. I’m sure the difference between a 6th gen i7 and an 8th gen i7 is equally unnoticeable. I didn’t want to ever boot Windows again anyway.

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  • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s probably because running such old hardware means your daily usage wouldn’t show much difference between the 2 setups. If you mainly browse the internet or play gpu boumd games, you simply wouldn’t notice a huge difference.

    Change that use case to cpu bound games or other cpu intensive tasks and you would likely see a not insignificant difference.

    Also newer hardware is more efficient(used to at least), so you should see lower power draw for the same performance or better performance for the same power draw.

    So just because you don’t see a difference, it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

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• WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Laughs in 3770k just until a few months ago

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  • IHawkMike@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My 3930k is still alive and kicking. Just need it to hold out until Gen 15.

    It also runs Windows 11 just fine.

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    • ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i7-950 here. I don’t use it every day, but it still runs very smoothly. Even though the memory is a little slow at times

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