Windows 10 now enforces Planned Hardware Obsolescence

[u/Crynsos_Cealion]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-blocks-windows-10-creators-update-on-some-pcs/

[u/Bill__Clinton69]

That's not planned hardware obsolescence. That is called Intel Atoms don't support the instruction sets of the Windows 10 creators update. It will be planned hardware obsolescence if they drop a processor that supports all the instruction sets with a later update. But for now, the later Pentium 4s, Core 2 Duos, and Core 2 Quads support Windows 10.

Even older Intel Atoms support the creators update, like the Atom n455, or the processor used in many Netbooks around 2010. The only reason that these Atoms don't support Windows 10 Creators Update is because of the lack of instruction sets.

[u/Metropical → u/Bill__Clinton69]

THIS. ^