I would consider it commodity hardware because it's what's been available now and for 4 years: it's widely-available, at a wide price range, and basically what'

I would consider it commodity hardware because it's what's been available now and for 4 years: it's widely-available, at a wide price range, and basically what's available generally. You can't not buy a PC that doesn't match these specs. I guess the difference is that I consider "commodity hardware" to be what's widely available off-the-shelf, not what's currently in use across everyone. But either way this is just Windows 11 compatibility, Windows 10 is still maintained and getting feature updates, e.g.: 21H2 should be offered to incompatible hardware soon. I also bet 11's minimum requirements will be lowered in the future to at least 2016. (Having owned a 2012 i5 before this one I would not recommend sticking with it forever and ever, 2018's Spectre+Meltdown mitigations made it much worse)