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I'm not sure win11 will accept to update if you do that. Or it is just when it detects an "unsupported" processor?
by temac 4y ago
I'm not sure win11 will accept to update if you do that. Or it is just when it detects an "unsupported" processor?
- PawBer 4y agoWindows 11 can update without peoblems with unsupported hardware. The only thing that's different is a warning in the settings. One Microsoft employee even used a 7th gen Intel CPU during an official screencast.
- jasomill 4y agoWindows 11 currently has no trouble running or updating on my Sandy Bridge MacBook Pro[1]. Not only does the machine have no TPM whatsoever, it's booting Windows 11 in BIOS mode because its firmware doesn't properly initialize the GPU when booting Windows in UEFI mode. To install Windows 11 for BIOS boot, I replaced the install.wim image on Windows 10 BIOS-compatible boot media with the analogous image from a Windows 11 ISO. I also used Thunderbolt target disk mode to run the first installation stage under VMware Fusion on another Mac because the MacBook Pro's firmware wouldn't boot Windows USB installation media in BIOS mode, but this would presumably not be required if I'd had recordable DVD media on hand at the time. Note that I say "currently" because there's obviously no guarantee that Microsoft won't break Windows on older hardware in an update, so I'm not relying on this install for anything critical. [1] MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) a.k.a. MacBookPro8,3; "second-generation" Intel Core i7 CPU (viz., i7-2720QM).
- spoiler 4y agoHi! I'm curious what made you go through all this trouble just for Windows 11 and was it worth it in the end? Edit: I ask this question, but then remember my own `do-dist-upgrade` hellscapes... They were never worth that in the end lo