Microsoft updated its support document in mid-February 2025 to list Intel processors compatible with Windows 11 24H2, including several 8th, 9th, and 10th-generation Intel processors excluded.

It seems the free upgrade path from Windows 10 to Windows 11 has been expanded to include machines that don’t meet ...

Microsoft has listed the minimum system requirements for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 as well as the list of supported processors. Interestingly, an SSD has become a "preferred" requirement.

A bug affecting Easy Anti-Cheat on Intel vPro systems led to a compatibility hold, but those PCs can now upgrade to Windows ...

Microsoft has placed stringent hardware restrictions on Windows 11 installations: CPU Compatibility: Only CPUs that are on Microsoft’s white list are compatible. Most older CPUs are not.

One bugbear that's plagued the tech community about Windows 11, however, is compatibility. ... all Ryzen CPUs including and after the 2000-series desktop and 3000-series laptop CPUs feature fTPM.

If your computer uses a CPU manufactured before those dates, there’s a possibility that it may no longer be compatible with future Windows 11 updates.

Windows 11 Recall is (barely) compatible with unsupported CPUs However, developer Albacore proved that you can enable Recall on Windows devices with unsupported CPUs.