But Microsoft has also blocked Windows 11 upgrades for PCs with an incompatible Intel driver.
Microsoft says it’s seeing a „high rate of positive update experience“ for Windows 10 users upgrading to Windows 11, so it’s ramping up availability again. Microsoft is growing more confident in the Windows 11 rollout, which began on October 5 and was accelerated in late October after its machine-learning models determined that it was safe for more PCs running Windows 10. The big hitch with Windows 11 adoption is that Microsoft has imposed strict minimum hardware requirements for the new OS. According to one estimate, only half of enterprise workstations meet those requirements today. SEE: Windows 11 FAQ: Our upgrade guide and everything else you need to know Nonetheless, on the hardware that actually meets Microsoft’s hardware requirements, the experience is good enough to expand the Windows 11 rollout. „In our first phases of the Windows 11 rollout we are consistently seeing a high rate of positive update experiences and user feedback for eligible devices, identified using our latest generation machine-learning model,“ Microsoft said on the Windows 11 health dashboard.
