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AMD has preemptively dropped support for Windows 10 on its new Ryzen AI 300 Series chips (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In another attempt to convince us that "AI PCs" are somehow fundamentally different from the PCs we're already using, AMD has officially dropped support for Windows 10 from its new AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series platform. This can be observed by glancing at the official AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs page, which now only lists 64-bit versions of Windows 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu as having official support.

Is this a big deal? It depends on how much you like using Windows while also disliking Windows 11. Personally, I prefer Windows 10 as a daily driver, and will only resort to Windows 11 use for professional needs.

That said, the gaming performance and compatibility of Linux operating systems get better every day, so dropping Windows 10 shouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker for these CPUs. After all, the Ryzen 9 AI 9 HX 370 can perform formidably, even in Silent mode. But users who were interested in those laptops and wished to downgrade to Windows 10 are now totally out of luck, it seems.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the same true for the 7950X3D?

I doubt you would have many issues using win10 on this platform if you wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

It's all about getting users to buy new PCs that can run the AMAZING AI! (I'm being sarcastic here). It's good for AMD and Microsoft's pockets.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I mean, sure but even phoenix based OEM platforms tend to ship with win11 anyways, right? Did any of those release with win10 ootb?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm guess its more a cost savings effort for AMD that they won't have to do a development and testing channel for Windows 10 anymore.