Microsoft announces Windows 11

Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by jandrese on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:27PM (#27635198)

So that document says:

  There are new minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. In order to run Windows 11, devices must meet the hardware specifications. Devices that do not meet the hardware requirements cannot be upgraded to Windows 11.
  
  Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC)

Following the link for "compatible 64-bit Processor" brings me to:

  Windows Processor Requirements

  ...

  Windows Client Edition Processors

  ...

  Windows 11  Supported AMD Processors  Supported Intel Processors  Supported Qualcomm Processors

The link for "Supported Intel Processors" brings me back to the original link that you claim is only for system builders and only lists i8 and above. So I'm not sure where the actual list of supported processors is.

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Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by BoorishBears on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:54PM (#27635463)

Guess what? Last night when I wrote that comment the link said

> TPM 1.2 is a “hard floor” for installing Windows 11 TPM 2.0 is a "soft floor"

Now, presumably because everyone's hotlinking to the one place where they admitted "Well actually you don't *need* TPM 2.0" they cut and paste data from some other page and put that note on the bottom

It's amazing, through sheer will in rejecting a not-very-well-hidden truth, people got MS to bury this even further. Impressive!

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Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by jandrese on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:20PM (#27635777)

This thread was about the CPU requirements, the TPM requirements are orthogonal.

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Re:Microsoft announces Windows 11 by BoorishBears on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:42PM (#27636630)

One requirement on a requirement list is not orthogonal from another requirement... especially when we're talking something largely tied to CPU/Chipset generations

Just like there was a Soft/Hard for TPM there was one for CPU... but again now that's gone:

https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/03M5zHCwxn6igCkcMUN78hz...

No CPU generation for the hard floor.

This is simple. MS wants the proliferation of features that require TPM 2.0.

So if you use a layperson's tool for identifying Windows 11 install targets, it requires 2.0.

If you use their own documents (which are now hidden) the OS will run on much more hardware.

If I was talking to my mom about if she can install Windows 11 it'd be one thing, but this is HN. If MS is saying "we want this on X, but it runs on Y"... it runs on Y.

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