On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:37:20 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

Makes me wonder about the future for older machines. How and when
will MS stop supporting them? Or will it just keep pushing
updates and features Willy nilly and it'll be users who will be
forced to rollback or upgrade their machines after an update
tanks their performance?

It's called progress, mate. And at the edges of such changes there
will be business opportunities for those who will support such
historic machines.