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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Zdenek Wagner wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I think there is no need to worry, the newer processors can run the
older code if you have the subsystem instaled. The 64-bit processors
are able to run a 32-bit code. They would also be able to run a 16-bit
code if a 16-bit subsystem were installed. It was available in Windows
2000 but then it was removed. 64-bit Linux distros do not have the
32-bit libraries as default but they can be installed if a user needs
to use older software which is not OpenSource. I even have a 32-bit
Linux installed in VirtualBox so that I can compile SW for old
computers and verify that it works. Of course, in some $n$ Microsoft
can decide to remove some system calls so the old apps will have to be
redesigned and the new system calls will not be available in Windows
7. This can happen but I am not afraid in processor incompatibility.
The worst problem is caused by other hardware parts, graphics,
printers etc. It may happen that drivers will now longer be available
for Windows 7 so users will be force to upgrade. I run my Windows 7 in
VirtualBox installed in Linux so I will always have compatible
hardware emulated by VirtualBox.</pre>
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The problem is, Zdeněk , that Microsoft have intentionally and
deliberately crippled Windows Update for Windows 7 so that it will
not run on any system with a 7th-generation Core i3, i5 or i7
processor or later, whence the fact that I chose a Celsius with a
6th-generation Core i7. Windows 7 will run, Windows Update will
not.<br>
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** Phil.<br>
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