• @michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    i7 isn’t a processor family its a marketing segment. Every generation of intel CPU has a i3 i5 i7. i7 means you have a nicer version of whatever year processor you have but you could have something 14 years old or released yesterday. I know it is absolutely confusing and awful and it makes it very hard to compare different generations without a spec sheet and benchmarks.

    • @Raxiel@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      Yeah, i7’s (along with i5’s and i3’s) from the 1st to 7th gen aren’t supported, 8th gen has mixed support.

      They still run 11 just fine in practice, but installation isn’t as straightforward.