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dpJudas wrote:(although, performance might not be great)
Rachael wrote:Of course - it's still possible to run all of these ancient OS's, especially through the use of VM software, but the point remains: none of them are mainstream OS's anymore (except 7, but that will change in a few months - to be honest, I think Microsoft has a nasty surprise in store for us when that happens - especially since it is the last OS to not support UWP).
Graf Zahl wrote:Rachael wrote:So, as time goes by, OpenGL will be more and more restricted to legacy hardware and eventually enter a state where having support for it in the binary may become a problem all by itself.
It's hard to say because we don't know where things will head.
Graf Zahl wrote:driver development for all non-Vulkan compatible hardware has already stopped
dpJudas wrote:If your hardware works on Windows 10 then you're good for a lot of years (although, performance might not be great). If your computer can only run Windows 7 then you're probably out of luck in less than 2 years.
axredneck wrote:dpJudas wrote:If your hardware works on Windows 10 then you're good for a lot of years (although, performance might not be great). If your computer can only run Windows 7 then you're probably out of luck in less than 2 years.
Linux ?
Kinsie wrote:Microsoft reannounced their commitment to Win32 binaries for games earlier this year, recognising it as "the app format that game developers love to use and gamers love to play", so don't expect it to go away anytime soon.
Kinsie wrote:Apple seem increasingly disinterested in MacOS as anything other than a way to run XCode for iOS development...
Graf Zahl wrote:TBH, I expect Linux support to go away much sooner than Windows support - due to lack of developer resources. You need hardcore enthusiasts to maintain drivers for obsolete hardware with a minimal market share and those people are a rare commodity.
Graf Zahl wrote:Does it have a fully functional graphics driver that can use all features of its graphics card? With such old systems, chances are that the graphics driver merely contains the features really needed to run anything at all, but there's little point keeping the barely functional graphics acceleration working beyond what is minimally needed to make it usable.
What kind of GPU does it have anyway?
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