Windows 10: Clover Trail and Windows 10 revisited

For reference:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...rface-on/ed1823d3-c82c-4d7f-ba9d-43ecbcf526e9


The upshot there is that Clover Trail (Atom Z2760 etc) systems are not supported by the latest Win10, but that Win10 1607 will receive normal monthly updates until 2023 for these devices. OK, fine. But:


1) Some Clover Trail devices made it past 1607. In fact, updates were permitted on such systems through 1709. What does the above mean for them? Will those systems need to be painfully reverted a full two major builds just to continue receiving monthly updates until 2023? That seems a little crazy, if so. I hope the extended policy doesn't exclusively focus on 1607, especially considering that such systems were automatically updated from 1607 to 1703 and in at least some cases to 1709, like any other system.


2) WU should be modified to now exclude Clover Trail systems from future Feature Updates (major builds). I was surprised to see mine, on 1709, receive the 1803 update. It downloaded and tried to install, only to come up with the expected hardware compatibility screen saying that it's not possible. Again, expected, but such systems should be blocked from having to go through this completely unnecessary churn. This would be very easy for MS to do on the server side of WU. Why hasn't this happened yet?

:)

 

Windows 10 Creators Update ends support for Intel’s Clover Trail processors.

BAM and there it is.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3208...orted-on-this-pc-error-clover-trail-atom.html


Devices with these Intel “Clover Trail” processors are impacted:

• Atom Z2760

• Atom Z2520

• Atom Z2560

• Atom Z2580

 

Windows 10 and Clover Trail

Didn't they say clover trail will not support Windows 10 and that they have no plans to add such support in the near future?

Anyways? That doesn't stop you from installing windows 10 @ your own risk.

 

Windows 10 and Clover Trail

I have a couple of Intel z2760 "Clover Trail" tablets from 2012 and 2013 that apparently cannot be upgraded to Windows 10 because of an incompatibility with the Intel Graphics Accelerator.



Looking on the Intel forums it seems that there are no plans to upgrade the driver to be compatible. I have seen a few workarounds but they do not seem to work very well.

What is the plan for those devices running Window 8.1 that cannot upgrade to Windows 10 or is there an approved solution ?