<html><head></head><body>Well x86 and x86_64 are backward compatible, they should always work with older version of the operating system, as long as the devices are compatible with the drivers provided. I guess you would have no problems running even XP on it... No additional specific feature of Skylake will however be available, like the advanced power saving and processor-managed speedstep. <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/9751/examining-intel-skylake-speed-shift-more-responsive-processors">http://www.anandtech.com/show/9751/examining-intel-skylake-speed-shift-more-responsive-processors</a> Olaf <div class="gmail_quote">Il 12 febbraio 2016 15:56:30 CET, Dan McDonald <danmcd@omniti.com> ha scritto:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre class="k9mail"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Feb 11, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Michael Rasmussen <mir@miras.org> wrote: Hi all, Does Omnios 151014 support intel skylake? </blockquote> I know it boots and runs on new Xeon-D chips (though it does not yet support those chips' X550 10GigE). I *suspect* the answer is yes, but I have no Skylake machines handy to confirm/deny for certain. Dan <hr /> OmniOS-discuss mailing list OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com <a href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a> </pre></blockquote></div></body></html>