Windows 11 Now WILL Support Old CPUs (With a Catch)

YET ANOTHER UPDATE! Microsoft is now saying even though you can technically install Windows 11 on older CPUs, you might not be able to get any updates, even security updates :_ThioJoeWTF: Unfortunately Microsoft did not communicate this to the news outlets until well after a bunch of articles and this video were published

Well I'll just try this on a virtual machine.

If it still requires a TPM, then I literally cannot install this new version without going out and purchasing a new laptop, even though my current one is working perfectly fine. Not going to waste my money and add to e-waste just because Redmond wants me to.

That's good and all. But I'll stick with Windows 10 for the moment.

Love your videos, always look forward to them every week. keep up the good work!

I knew this was going to happen. I'm waiting until the last minute.

The CPU generation is not entirely true. Kaby Lake and up supports MBEC, yet 7th generation consumer processors are not supported except for one chip added recently. (Edit: Hexality pointed out that many HEDT Kabylake X series processors are supported) And it's not just Zen2 chips on the list (which supports GMET, AMD's equivalent of MBEC), but also APUs that are Zen+ which do not support GMET. So, MBEC and GMET is not the only reason why.

I think it would be a good idea to update with the news that if you do a fresh install of windows 11 on an "unsupported" system, you will no longer get system and security updates.

I've literally everything except that silly processor generation Catch. Take love from Bangladesh, Thio!

Microsoft thinks of themselves as so superior in the computer world that they have no obligation to explain to us lowly peasants why they are doing something. We are just supposed to say, "Yes, All Knowledgeable Ones" and follow their directives without question.

Technically speaking, they would allow users to install, but won't actually provide "official support". If a user experiences performance issues while using Win 11 on an unlisted CPU and write something on places like Microsoft Community, moderators and independent advisors will probably just slap a reply with the list of supported CPU and ask the user to rollback to Win 10. They will not care. Trust me, there are many non-tech savvies made crazy changes to their systems and complaints about terrible system performance or stability issues.

after the manual iso install will we be getting normal software and driver updates...???.. or those will be manual too..???

I think if they just figure out the TPM requirement they will avoid a disaster of a launch. My laptop was brand new in 2018 and does not meet specs.

Still rocking with windows 7 since 2014

You can actually just swap out a few files from the iso for windows 11 with ones from win 10 to bypass the requirements.

Installed it on my dinosaur core 2 quad system (14 years ago) and everything works fine...it seems like a move to get consumers to go out and buy a new computer.

Loving the content btw! <3

And here's me who just installed windows 10 and was using win 7 ultimate for soo many years just because I loved it more than 8 and 10.

Thanks Thio. As usual informative and helpful. 😊👍🏻

I was so happy when I saw the title The happiness faded 2-3 minutes into the video lol