OrangeWolf
Gawd
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- Jan 6, 2011
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Hey HardForum,
I'm still running my rig from early 2011 (see sig) and had planned on upgrading near the end of 2016. I admit I haven't given much thought to which version of Windows to run, except that I had no intention of running Windows 8.
But I heard that Kaby Lake motherboards might somehow... not allow Windows 7 to run? Is that accurate?
And honestly I'm a little concerned with running Windows 10 in terms of it being compatible. I've still got one or two programs that I have to run on Windows XP on my old machine. I see reviews of games on Steam that express excitement at which games run well on Windows 10.
So, in short... in terms of older software and games, how much of a headache would I get from Windows 10 instead of Windows 7? The software I can run on old laptops, but if I build a new rig which would be used perhaps 50% for gaming, I don't want to suddenly cut down the library of games I can run by half by picking Windows10 instead of Windows7.
Cheers
I'm still running my rig from early 2011 (see sig) and had planned on upgrading near the end of 2016. I admit I haven't given much thought to which version of Windows to run, except that I had no intention of running Windows 8.
But I heard that Kaby Lake motherboards might somehow... not allow Windows 7 to run? Is that accurate?
And honestly I'm a little concerned with running Windows 10 in terms of it being compatible. I've still got one or two programs that I have to run on Windows XP on my old machine. I see reviews of games on Steam that express excitement at which games run well on Windows 10.
So, in short... in terms of older software and games, how much of a headache would I get from Windows 10 instead of Windows 7? The software I can run on old laptops, but if I build a new rig which would be used perhaps 50% for gaming, I don't want to suddenly cut down the library of games I can run by half by picking Windows10 instead of Windows7.
Cheers