However, these claims are overexaggerated. A recent Microsoft document about supported processors for Windows 11, version 24H2, was released, but it wasn't necessarily for the general public.

The confusion was caused when people spotted an official Microsoft support document titled "Windows 11 version 24H2 supported Intel processors.". The list omitted many Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen ...

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

Following the recent changes in CPU instruction set requirements in Windows 11, Microsoft revised the list of officially supported chips. The latest addition includes CPUs from Intel but not AMD.

Microsoft Releases Details for Windows 11 Operating System-Supported Processors According to Beta News, Microsoft has reportedly released details regarding the updated list of hardware supported ...

However, in a new list published on July 25, Microsoft removed support for several Intel CPUs from the official Windows 11 22H2 support that were previously eligible for the update.

According to its updated CPU support list, Microsoft officially supports the Intel Ultra 9 285K on Windows 11 24H2. However, the issue doesn't seem to affect older supported Intel processors like ...

Likewise, there are no AMD FX or Phenom CPUs on the list of supported AMD CPUs. Build 26080 of Windows 11 24H2 isn't a standard update yet, and is only available as part of the Windows Insider ...

Each version of Win 11 (22H1 and 22H2) has its own specific list of supported processors. So, while the update adds new chips to the list, it doesn’t change the compatibility status for all PCs.

There has been an interesting trick, a single command, that allows unsupported CPUs to bypass Windows 11's system requirements check during setup. That has seemingly stopped working on very old chips.