▲ 351 ▼ Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com) submitted 2 years ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago My parents are using a 3rd gen i7 and it works fine. My brother has a few computers, one is a 2nd gen intel, but I think he put Linux on that one. My home server was running on my 4th gen i7 until I upgraded it to my second gen Ryzen earlier this year after I upgraded my gaming. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago CPUs from around 2005 onward are all perfectly usable IMO for the purposes of x86 desktops. As long as it's got x86_64, SSE4 and at least two available threads. I would even wager that Pentium 4 hyperthreaded models (Wolfdale?) are still acceptable if we're really pushing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago My parents are using a 3rd gen i7 and it works fine. My brother has a few computers, one is a 2nd gen intel, but I think he put Linux on that one. My home server was running on my 4th gen i7 until I upgraded it to my second gen Ryzen earlier this year after I upgraded my gaming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 years ago CPUs from around 2005 onward are all perfectly usable IMO for the purposes of x86 desktops. As long as it's got x86_64, SSE4 and at least two available threads. I would even wager that Pentium 4 hyperthreaded models (Wolfdale?) are still acceptable if we're really pushing it. permalink fedilink source parent