alt Hacker NewsThey made a decision based on existing data. This isn't unreasonable as you are pretending, especially as PC hardware can be quite diverse.
You will be surprised what some people are playing games on. e.g. I know people that still use Windows 7 on a AMD BullDozer rig. Atypical for sure, but not unheard of.
i believe it. hell i'm in F500 companies and virtually all of them had some legacy XP / Server 2000 / ancient Solaris box in there.
old stuff is common, and doubly so for a lot of the world, which ain't rich and ain't rockin new hardware