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Microsoft closes the door on Windows 11 supporting older hardware (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The CPU is due to instruction set requirements. The first version of W11 is technically compatible (with hack to pass the checks) with older CPUs than the newer versions. And it's not Gusty's guaranteed that there ones that currently can run it will do it after a few updates.

I hate it, and they could have done things to allow more compatibility, but it's not without a technical reason.