Intel to remove old drivers and BIOS updates from its site by the end of the week

guest · Nov 18, 2019

Intel to remove old drivers and BIOS updates from its site by the end of the week
November 18, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel...updates-from-its-site-by-the-end-of-the-week/

By Friday, the end of the current week, Intel plans to remove old drivers and BIOS updates from its official website.

The downloads are drivers and BIOS updates for Intel desktop components and motherboards the company released in the 90s and early-to-mid 2000s.
Most of the drivers are for Windows versions like 98, ME, XP, and older Windows Server editions -- old Windows OS versions that have themselves reached end-of-life (EOL)

"I can't believe this. All these years I've been recommending Intel products because of their long term support," said a user on a HackerNews discussion. "I know these boards are legacy, but does it really cost them that much to host the files for occasional downloaders?"
The company's move is a very controversial one. As the two users cited above point out, most users expect that a hardware vendor will host its drivers for eternity, despite the product itself reaching EOL and not being available commercially.
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But the reality is that things don't always work like this. While users believe a vendor will make drivers available in perpetuity, contracts and terms of service don't guarantee this, and there's no obligation on the vendor's part to do so.

However, not all hardware vendors take this approach. For example, both Dell and Lenovo are known to provide users with full access to older drivers. Lenovo, in particular, has a section on its website specifically dedicated access to downloads for EOL products.
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zapjb · Nov 18, 2019

Not nice of Intel.

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