Windows 11 hardware requirements made a mockery of by an Intel Pentium 4 processor

[liefuiliong]

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i5 4210M 2.60GHz not support to
but why pentium 4 support

[Cancer Guy]

What the heck Windows. My PC isn't brand new but it beats out most machines. 32Gb DDR4 memory, GeForce only 4 years old with 16gb, Intel 7 3.4ghz, Sabertooth Motherboard. Not amazing now but was a beast when I built it. Guess everyone has to save their money because Windows 10 only last until 2025. I priced out what they wanted and something that will last 5 years. You are looking at about $7-$10K. Video cards are super expensive now. Mine was $850 but the equivalent of what I would buy today is $2,500. Just the video card alone. Ridiculous and over priced. May e by 2024 prices will be back to normal again.

[Jakes]

I think they are in cahoots with hardware vendors to sell new hardware with this new OS. Thier reasoning does not make sense. My AMD Ryzen 1700 is not supported. No specific reason as it complies to all the requirements. 

[Hunter2020]

Still using XP as my workhorse OS, occasionally Win 7 to browse sites that no longer work on XP.  I have Deepin Linux as backup.  If websites quit working in Win 7 Deepin will pick up the slack.  The heck I need 11/10 for?

[Johnas]

Simply but quit crying that Windows 11 won't work on your old hardware.  It'd not supposed to.  It's like putting brand new headlights on a car that's smashed.

Buy a new computer and shutup.  10 years is long enough for a computer.  The new system is supposed to have security features that old stuff doesn't support.  That's just the way it is.

Excuse me ? I bought a brand new computer, Windows 11 ready ! Until i used the compability-tool = not supported, contacted the brand and they claimed MS changed their policy on this type of processor too. There are tons of brand new pc's that won't be able to install Windows 11 ( now claiming to be Windows 11 ready ) and we should just shut up ?

[Alan]

I don't begrudge Microsoft trying to make money. My i7 6700 is not compatible so likely I will need a new CPU and motherboard and have to pay for Windows 11. I think all the people complaining just unrealistically expect Microsoft to provide them fee operating systems ad infinitum

[vertigo]

I don't begrudge Microsoft trying to make money. My i7 6700 is not compatible so likely I will need a new CPU and motherboard and have to pay for Windows 11. I think all the people complaining just unrealistically expect Microsoft to provide them fee operating systems ad infinitum

People are upset because hardware that is still fully capable, and will be for years, is being made obsolete ahead of its time. This means somebody that bought a computer just a couple years ago will have to upgrade or replace it in just four years, even though the hardware will still be plenty adequate at that time. So I think it's fair to be upset about it. Also, I wouldn't say it's an unrealistic expectation, considering Microsoft themselves said W10 was going to be the last version, a fact most people seem to have conveniently forgotten including, apparently, Microsoft.

[A]

The below was an headline in the Independent Newspaper 8th October .
Well they have sure given a lot of people a lot of fixing to do.
Two faced farcical bull.

Microsoft has said it will take steps to facilitate 'right to repair', which would allow consumers to fix their own devices.

The software giant and the investor advocacy non-profit As You Sow reached an agreement after the group filed a movement in June asking Microsoft to assess the "environmental and social benefits" of user device repair.

[Luis Perez]

Windows 10 is the latest Microsoft operating system I will be using. So much nonsense and antics with hardware requirements.

I'll stick with Linux, which will always be compatible with all the computers I have. And I have plenty of options and flavors to choose from.

Goodbye Microsoft, see you never!

[John Clifton]

My 3-year-old Windows 11 incompatible computer...? I'm not buying anything Microsoft from now on.