Ask HN: Microsoft lied about upgradability of our computer, how mad should we be?
Your dad&#x27;s computer didn&#x27;t ship with Windows 8. His graphics card is from 2007, and Windows 8 shipped in 2012 (Windows 7 in 2009).<p>Windows Vista, which was originally on your dad&#x27;s computer, isn&#x27;t supported by the Windows 10 free upgrade promotion, and by extension a lot of hardware from that period also isn&#x27;t supported.<p>So you want to know why your dad&#x27;s computer isn&#x27;t compatible? It is too darn old.<p>&gt; What should the response to this sort of fraud be?<p>You should be compensated every penny that the Windows 10 upgrade cost you: Zero dollars and zero cents.<p>But snark aside for a second: Microsoft is trying to offer the best user experience. They would prefer NOT to upgrade a user who will wind up with a poorly supported system (e.g. an 8 year old graphics card not supported by the manufacturer on Windows 10).<p>According to Nvidia&#x27;s website, they do not offer a Windows 10 driver for that specific chipset. Windows 7 seems to be the latest driver.<p>So while I&#x27;m sure Windows 10 can fall back to a Windows 7 64 bit driver (just as I suspect Windows 8 did also) there is no assurance of how well this graphics driver will work with Windows 8&#x2F;8.1&#x2F;10 specific features.<p>It might work but Nvidia or Microsoft aren&#x27;t making assurances. I agree with them, it is &quot;incompatible.&quot; It works, but who knows what edge cases may appear.<p>Ultimately your tone for a completely free promotion and calling it &quot;fraud&quot; is utterly pathetic.