If you assumed that Windows hardware requirements are not high and it will be possible to upgrade any modern hardware, Microsoft has just torpedoed these ideas. Until now, the biggest problem was the need to have a TPM chip, which is used to secure equipment with integrated cryptographic keys. Many new boards already have such a system at the factory, others have a special socket, thanks to which you can buy and install the required element separately. There are some ambiguities with TPM, because so far it has been suggested that a home user is enough if he has TPM version 1.2, which was created in 2011, and many still decent processors offer support for this solution. TPM 2.0, which was created 8 years later, was to be a requirement only for suppliers of new, ready-made sets. Unfortunately, it turns out otherwise.
Microsoft requires users to have an Intel 8th Gen or AMD Ryzen 2000 processor to be able to run Windows 11 at all.
Microsoft has updated the requirements section to run Windows 11 and it turns out that many people will be forced to stick to Windows 10. It turns out that TPM version 2.0 will be required from all, moreover, the list of processors provided by the manufacturer is not a list of recommended systems but required. Microsoft made it clear that the minimum to be provided is an 8th Gen Intel processor or an AMD Ryzen 2000 processor. Unfortunately, no one explains why this choice of processors was made. TPM 2.0 itself is not a determinant here, because the first generation Ryzen processors also offer support for the required system.
Windows 11 will be offered for free as an upgrade to Windows 10. There are rumors that Microsoft may want to offer a free upgrade path also to owners of older systems such as Windows 7. If it does, it is only you to force them to update their existing systems at the same time. hardware. Much was said about Microsoft’s desire to standardize the operating system owned by customers, which allows you to cut maintenance costs. However, by dividing the users in terms of their CPUs and making the update dependent on it, Microsoft will divide the community again, because I sincerely doubt that masses of people with older CPUs would rush to the store for a new chip, only for newer Windows. See the list of supported processors HERE.
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