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Re:Windows 11’s first update makes AMD CPU performance even ... by vbezhenar on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:40PM (#28854386)
> the most software made for Win 10 still only targets a very low baseline. Even if it's not 32-bit, most programs only target the ancient SSE2 (!) because that's the baseline that's quaranteed to exist if you have a 64-bit cpu, never mind it's over 20 years old now.

Windows 10 will be widely used in 2031. You're not going to drop support for it and old CPU regardless of Windows 11 existence.

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Re:Windows 11’s first update makes AMD CPU performance even ... by apexalpha on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:44PM (#28854442)
No, but since everyone on Win11 will be on a new baseline they can force developers to either support both Win10 and Win11, and not one for all, on the lowest support level available.
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Re:Windows 11’s first update makes AMD CPU performance even ... by sudosysgen on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:49PM (#28855859)
That doesn't make sense to me. Win 10 programs compiled against SSE2 will still work fine on Windows 11, so they can't force developers to choose.
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