M$ will block PCs from running Windows 11 unless the CPU supports SSE4.2

[Marc_LFD]

Well, that's not good news.

https://www.tomshardware.com/softwa...pu-must-support-sse42-or-the-os-will-not-boot

Surely that can't be legal to make the OS unable to boot?

Yes, it's "only" for those who are running on unsupported hardware (fuck them, right?), but that's a really dick move.

I loved using Windows OSes (except ME, Vista, 8, 11) so it's a shame to see what a disgrace they've become.

 

[JeepX87]

I'm running Windows 11 on PC that I bought in 1998, lol.

 

[Statesman]

Would be willing to bet someone will figure out a way to circumvent this eventually...but to be honest, very few people will be actually using non-SSE4.2 CPUs in 2024. And those that are will not be very likely to use their machines as workstations/gaming, so they'd be better served by a Linux distro anyway.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Not good news for who? As mentioned, SSE4.2 has been supported on CPUs for nearly 20 years.

Pretty sure the first generation Intel Core series CPUs had support for SSE4.2, and anyone using CoreXYZ or AMDs shitty K10 CPUs in 2024 is almost assuredly not running Windows 11, or probably even 10, or even 8 at this point (I hope). And on the off chance the whole 2 people on the planet who would even want to for a daily driver can just...not do the big feature update and it'll still work fine.