https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-24h2-supported-intel-processors

WTF Microsoft? I really hope this is a mistake. This is a no go for enterprise environments. You say 8th and 9th gen are supported and now you are pulling away that support. It takes large organizations time to plan and the Windows 11 roll outs are very likely approaching completion.

Welcome to the corporate BS. I use Arch BTW

What a dogshit OS 🪟.

This is the exact same bullshit Apple pulls every few years, but no one talks about it. Why?

This really pisses me off, but because Windows 11 is not significantly different from Windows 10. I’m running Windows 10 on decades-old hardware designed for Win7.

Sure, its a bit pokey, but most of the bottleneck is HDD technology.

DDR2 throughput is about 8GB/s. SATA III is 600 Mb/s

Just installing a SSD and having 8 GB of memory is enough for the average office worker who has a browser, mail, PDF, and productivity suite.

Anything released in the past 6 years should be sufficient for this.

My bet, hands down, is that they are betting hard on AI.

I said I wouldn’t do it. I installed Windows 11 yesterday, but went back to Windows 10 today. Windows 11 is going to be like Windows Vista or Windows 8 for me. I’m just going to take my chances and skip it. I would love to go to Mint, but Linux doesn’t support the only game I play, Black Ops 6.