Soon, when you buy a new PC, it won't support Windows 7 or 8.
Microsoft has announced a change to its support policy that lays out its plans for future updates to its older operating systems, and the new rules mean that future PC owners with next-generation Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors will need to use Windows 10.
Microsoft and its partners will not be putting in the significant work necessary to make new hardware work with older versions of Windows.
The old operating systems, at best, will merely lack the latest updates.
At worst, they might not function properly.
"Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support," Microsoft notes in a blog post.
