5 ms·
Unless you happen to have a CPU which isn't supported, like those still being made at the time when w11 was released. High end cpus too.
by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Unless you happen to have a CPU which isn't supported, like those still being made at the time when w11 was released. High end cpus too.
- Xeamek 2y agoSure, but even we stayed with w10 naming, we would still get an update with stricter requirements eventually
- FredPret 2y agoI'm willing to buy a new computer every couple of years, but not to learn a new operating system.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoEventually is the operative word there. Windows 11 dropped 6 years after windows 10. And at the time it didn't support top of the line CPUs from 2 years ago. Contrast that with Ubuntu which talked about dropping support for x86-v1 only 5 months ago[0]. [0]: https://ubuntu.com/blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd64-architecture https://ubuntu.com/blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd...
- andix 2y agoEven with most unsupported CPUs you can upgrade to Windows 11. (edit: I think everything newer than 1st gen Intel core is still working) And there is not one piece of software I know of, that promises infinite support time. Windows 10 keeps its promised EOL dates.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoSee the comment a few levels up about windows 10 literally promising to be the last version of windows and only updates from now on.
- andix 2y agoTechnically Windows 11 is an update of Windows 10. Look at the version number. It's 10.0.x.x. And seriously, nobody ever promised there will be updates for old hardware for eternity.
- crtasm 2y agoBut they are excluding recent (maybe also current?) hardware, unnecessarily.
- andix 2y agoYes, they are, but that's not related to the version number. Things like that also happened before on a smaller scale with windows 10 updates.
- crtasm 2y agoI make no comment on version numbers. It sounded like you were saying they're only dropping support for old hardware, which is not the case.
- raxxorraxor 2y agoThe hardware requirements are arbitrary though. It is more of a severe shortcoming of the OS because they want to enforce certain machine DRM. And certainly not because of security, that wasn't a priority at Microsoft.
- runjake 2y agoYou can but it requires third-party hacks (Eg. Rufus. Microsoft removed it's first-party hacks to allow it).
- readthenotes1 2y agoJust because you can doesn't mean you should.
- andix 2y agoWindows 10 EOL is coming in October '25. So either it's replacing the hardware or running Windows 11 on unsupported CPUs. Or not running Windows at all.
- readthenotes1 2y agoYep I'm not buying a new Surface Pro for win 11. When win 10 dies, I'm installing some Linux build and hoping for the best