On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:00:03 -0500, Bill
wrote:

Interesting point (if I understand it). Someone (who?) said newer
processors won't be supporting older version of windows--but it wasn't AMD.

Both AMD and MSFT. AMD in a limited sense that they can ensure
support for instances of Ryzen drivers operating within Windows 7
compatibility. Which leaves MSFT, which outright denies a Ryzen
platform, unless the Ryzen of course is sanctioned within its present
licensing terms, for "newer hardware", fully supported by Windows 10.

That is a stated premise for any press representative upon taking
possession of a Ryzen, and a supportive motherboard, the latter which
will include Windows 7 chipset support drivers. That representative
may not directly call AMD to account over issues and limitations with
the drivers, which in some sense do not perform identically to a
Windows 10 environment -- as the AMD drivers provided are classified
for developmental reasons, faux and of 3rd-party origins, not written
by Microsoft, nor to be assumed within an associative provision by
MSFT.

It falls upon the purchaser to arrange and provide for any liability
incurred, upon being disappointed with AMD Ryzen Window 7 chipset
support drivers, within such purveyance of a private agreement from
terms provided by a seller-buyer contract.

Not so different, AMD Ryzen chipset support, than were you to buy any
ol' PCI stick-in gizmo. In this case, whether ASUS, GIGABYTE, or a
BIOSTAR implementation of Ryzen Windows7 chipset provided with a MB.
You assume degrees of risk, both from a varied source of manufacturer
accountability and a return policy, if any from a distribution centre.
AMD, ipso facto, is out of the circuit.

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