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    Why Windows 11 Still Uses 16-Bit Real Mode at Startup as Intel Drops X86S

    Every x86 processor you own, Intel or AMD, begins life in a mode designed for the 16-bit Intel 8086 of June 1978. That mode is called real mode. XDA-Developers' Adam Conway reports that Windows 11 and Linux still carry small pieces of 16-bit code because of it. The same report says Intel's plan...