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W
indows 11 istheoperating
systemthatshouldnever
havebeen.Although
Microsoftisbusilyburyingthe
quotesdowntheMemoryHole,it
oncepromisedWindows 10 would
bethelastdesktoprelease,with
thatOSbeingregularlyupgraded
intoinfinity.Thequestion,
therefore,isdoesWindows 11
bringenoughtothetabletomake
itworthyofanewversionnumber?
Orisitjustanexerciseinmarketing?
Needyrequirements
Thebiggestcontroversysurrounding
Windows 11 iswhetheryou’llevenbe
abletoinstallitonsystemscurrently
runningWindows10.Afterrumours
ofabout-turns,Microsoftstayedtrue
toitsdeclarationthatPCswouldneed
aTPM2moduletorunWindows11.
You’llalsoneedarelativelymodern
processor.Theruleofthumbis8th
generationIntelCoreorAMDRyzen
2000 ornewer,butyoucanreadthe
fulllist–therearesomenotable
exceptions–atpcpro.link/ 326 proc.
InlateSeptember,Microsoft
finallyre-releaseditssystemchecker,
whichtellsanyonerunningWindows
10 iftheirsystemiscompatible.Head
topcpro.link/ 326 check,runthetool
anditwillgiveyouaninstant
diagnosis.Onethingthatwon’thold
youbackisRAMandstoragespace,
withMicrosoftsettingalowbarof
4GBand64GBrespectively.
Wecertainlywouldn’trecommend
runningWindows 11 onthat.
Whysotough?
Microsoft’smotivationforraisingthe
processorandTPMrequirementsbar
issecurity.TheTPMwillhelp
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