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MSI First Motherboard Brand to be Windows 10 Certified

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MSI, leading in motherboard design, is proud to announce being world's first motherboard manufacturer to receive official Microsoft Windows 10 WHQL certification. The H81M-P33 motherboard passed Microsoft Windows 10 official certification today. The H81M-P33 is the world's first motherboard to be completely compliant with Microsoft Windows 10. Other MSI motherboards are to achieve official WHQL certification very soon.

With a true testament to compatibility and performance, the MSI R&D team is making sure you never have to worry about your MSI hardware supporting for the latest version of Microsoft Windows. If you want to enjoy the full benefit of the latest Microsoft Windows Operating System, MSI motherboards are the best choice. MSI Click BIOS 4 is optimized for the latest version of Microsoft Windows 10. The highly awarded design is reliable and easy to use. Besides great stability, MSI Click BIOS 4 is recognized as an extraordinary piece of kit which allows you to fully customize your PCs setup. Find the certification here.



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Again, this stupid race for something people don't have access to yet. Just like we had on Win8.
Go ahead, step on each other in the way to prove the crucial and needed support asap.
 
Again, this stupid race for something people don't have access to yet. Just like we had on Win8.
Go ahead, step on each other in the way to prove the crucial and needed support asap.

Windows 10 is going to be a free upgrade to everyone who owns windows 7 and 8, so manufacturers have to make sure that those who run through the upgrade on day 1 don't suddenly have non-functional PCs. I see no problem with hardware manufacturers getting their drivers sorted prior to release.

I'd rather see these guys bragging about having compatibility than scrambling to fix things after the fact.
 
If Windows 10 certification means that Secure Boot cannot be disabled then I have some concerns. I hear this is a feature that is now at the manufacturers discretion. Since some Windows 10 certified motherboard BIOS / UEFI may make Secure Boot compulsory it might be something to look out for,...
 
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So I'm going to have to upgrade my mobo just to run windows 10 I just built my PC
 
OK I'm just making sure there just trying go get people to buy new mobos
 
Man now all i need is a monitor certified for vista :laugh:
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Mister Anderson .... what good is ... it to install Windows on a certified motherboard ... if you are unable to move the cursor on the screen ... without a certified mouse?
 
Why not start with your cheapest low-end ($42) board? That way your customer base will be covered, since your entire brand should be given the "Tightwad Hardware Award" for cheap-ass builds that include built-in crash expectancy. Why shoot for the Moon, when the ditch is so much closer...
 
Nothing going on ; on that board
 
Nothing going on ; on that board
My thoughts exactly. Chipset is really low end so people most inclined to buy Windows 10 on day one won't even be looking at it.
 
Windows 10 is going to be a free upgrade to everyone who owns windows 7 and 8, so manufacturers have to make sure that those who run through the upgrade on day 1 don't suddenly have non-functional PCs. I see no problem with hardware manufacturers getting their drivers sorted prior to release.

I'd rather see these guys bragging about having compatibility than scrambling to fix things after the fact.
I am absolutely sure the likes of asus will leave two year old mobos on the verge as far as official drivers or bssics at best
 
what if i wanna instal win xp on that :confused::D:roll::roll:
 
This certification is just there so someone can earn money, if it is compliant with Windows 8 or 7 it will also run Windows 10.

I am more interested in certification with Linux distributions (like Debian) and not Windows because we all know that support for hardware on Linux is lesser than on Windows.
 
They seriously need to stop with this fucking gimmick.
 
They seriously need to stop with this fucking gimmick.

I hear you. W10 is supposed to basically be W8.1. I bet nearly any driver or piece of hardware that runs with W8.1 will be fine in W10.
 
I hear you. W10 is supposed to basically be W8.1. I bet nearly any driver or piece of hardware that runs with W8.1 will be fine in W10.

Yeah, I thought 7 was basically vista.... until I got a Gigabyte mobo for a friend that didn't have any vista drivers for the nic. The Win7 drivers wouldn't even install... that was fun. And it was was like two years ago... wtf Gigabyte, I feel like not buying their shit anymore, but to hell with it--my hate for Vista saves them....
 
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