Installing Win 11 - System Requirements

[joko]

I ran the PC health check & everything was fine - except the processor.

It said my processor doesnt 'currently' meet the requirements for windows 11.

Its an intel core i7 so not that old

does this just mean theyre working on compatability & at some point my processor will meet the requirements, or that i can never run Win 11?

thanks :)

[Lie-in King]

It's the generation/model of the CPU that counts.

i7-X.... - where X is the generation number (might be XX, eg 10...).

https://tinyurl.com/yjymcpn4

It's entirely possible M'soft will add extra generations/models to the list in future.

[Mamyalynne]

Might be worth reading this thread.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1768196.html

[TheChair]

A number of ways to install W11 on a "non-compliant" PC:

[barry1010]

The i7 came out in 2008 so could be really old, depends on the generation

[joko]

thanks all

it said it was 2 years old in the results, so its not old.

i'll check out those links

[Buenchico]

Joko:
I suggest that you might find it worthwhile to invest £2.60 in the current issue of Computer Act!ve magazine. (It's dated 6-19 October, so it should be in the shops for a while yet. All of the big supermarkets seem to stock it, so it shouldn't be hard to find).

The magazine contains an extensive (eight page) article, explaining about exactly what it is that Windows 11 requires and looking at the question of whether or not it's actually a good idea to install it anyway.

My (generally well-specified) laptop can't run it, which isn't surprising as Microsoft is still selling their own brand new top-of-the range 'Surface' computers, at a staggering £3.5k, which don't meet the minimum specs! Even if I had a machine that was capable of running Windows 11, I very much doubt that I'd install it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a maxim well worth remembering where Microsoft's so-called 'upgrades' are concerned, in my opinion!

[joko]

thanks all
yes, i ill look into it down the line, but for now, im not bothered really, doesnt seem like that much has changed anyway, so i cant be bothered with the rigmarole & risk at the moment.
ill wait until it is more stable & accessible

and yes buen, MS updates can be a nightmare sometimes - i have 2 of the same computer & they both seem to go weird & unusable now & again & then just go ok. tried all sorts to fix the issues, but it seems to do it on its own eventually

[fourteen85]

Chris, Will this be foisted on us like W10 was, i seem to recall if you had a windows 8 machine it downloaded 10 automatically

[barry1010]

W10 was never downloaded automatically on to any of my W8 machines - there was a constant nag to install it that kept popping up, though.
There are still plenty of machines running W8 - and W7 for that matter

[fourteen85]

Barry, unless i am using the wrong wording i beg to differ, it was downloaded onto my machine as an upgrade ,I had to go into programmes to remove it on more than one occasion. I was running 8.1 at the time. i downloaded something to stop this w10 being constantly downloaded, it wasn't installed i grant you that but it was put onto my machine