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Because not all version of an OS will run on all hardware. For instance you can not run MacOS on normal PC hardware (it has to be an Apple manufactured PC). Also modern versions of Windows (eg Windows 7) will not necessarily run on old hardware and Old versions of Windows may nor work on new hardware.

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