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Incredibly bad blog post in my eyes to clear up the confusion about the system requirements, especially the Intel 8th gen & zen+ and newer requirement. >As we

by lrae 5y ago

Incredibly bad blog post in my eyes to clear up the confusion about the system requirements, especially the Intel 8th gen & zen+ and newer requirement. >As we release to Windows Insiders and partner with our OEMs, we will test to identify devices running on Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1 that may meet our principles. At least they left the door open to just end up opening it up for those CPUs anyways, because it seems like there was no real reason for that requirement. Probably realized that they still sell hardware that doesn't meet the requirement. What a communication nightmare. Edit: You can't make this up. According to multiple comments in a reddit thread [1], including quotes there, this same blog post here included a claim first that 6th gen & AMD pre-zen will never be supported. This was removed. No idea what Microsoft is doing there. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/o9oqha/update_on_windows_11_minimum_system_requirements/h3c9xsc/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/o9oqha/update_on...

lucasyvas 5y ago
It's such a slew of hilarious decisions. I don't know if the year of the Linux desktop will ever come, but if I had a gaming rig just out of reach of the required specs, I'd be hoping Valve would bail me out by 2025 - and I seriously think that could be the best first choice if they keep making up ground.
- wrfitch 5y ago
  Source: I have a gaming rig just out of reach of the desired specs. Given Wine and Proton, Linux gaming is pretty much solved at this point, with the exception of online multiplayer and a few janky late 2000s games. I switched to Ubuntu after Windows 7 went EOL and I've only really seen problems when trying to play online games that require kernel anti-cheat and don't allow modded servers. I'm planning to set up a Windows partition for some basic music production, but I'm unlikely to use it as a daily driver again.
salamandersauce 5y ago
I expected some clarification on the TPM 1.2/2.0 debacle but nope. Not that either.

by lrae 5y ago

lucasyvas 5y ago

It's such a slew of hilarious decisions. I don't know if the year of the Linux desktop will ever come, but if I had a gaming rig just out of reach of the required specs, I'd be hoping Valve would bail me out by 2025 - and I seriously think that could be the best first choice if they keep making up ground.

wrfitch 5y ago
Source: I have a gaming rig just out of reach of the desired specs. Given Wine and Proton, Linux gaming is pretty much solved at this point, with the exception of online multiplayer and a few janky late 2000s games. I switched to Ubuntu after Windows 7 went EOL and I've only really seen problems when trying to play online games that require kernel anti-cheat and don't allow modded servers. I'm planning to set up a Windows partition for some basic music production, but I'm unlikely to use it as a daily driver again.

salamandersauce 5y ago

I expected some clarification on the TPM 1.2/2.0 debacle but nope. Not that either.