Wondering if you should get Windows 11? Intel may have the best reason yet\u2026<\/b>
\nWhen Microsoft announced Windows 11 at an event earlier this year, it took many of us by surprise. Windows 10, while far from perfect, is still a perfectly fine operating system, and what Microsoft showed off about its upcoming operating system didn\u2019t initially impress us enough to think it was worth upgrading. For many, it felt like Windows 11 was just Windows 10 with a few tweaks to the interface. However, we\u2019ve just got a glimpse of a more exciting and revolutionary aspect of Windows 11 that may make you seriously consider upgrading \u2013 but the news didn\u2019t come from Microsoft, it came from Intel. At its recent Architecture Day 2021, Intel explained how it is working with Microsoft to make Windows 11 take full advantage of its upcoming Alder Lake processors. Alder Lake CPUs will be comprised of a \u2018Performance Hybrid architecture\u2019, which will use powerful performance cores alongside efficient cores, depending on the tasks you\u2019re running. When you need lots of processing power, Alder Lake will use the performance cores, but for less strenuous tasks, the efficient cores will be used instead. This can give you better overall performance while lowering power consumption and could also increase battery life in mobile devices. For Alder Lake\u2019s \u2018Performance Hybrid architecture\u2019 to work well, it needs to know what kind of tasks you\u2019re using your PC for, and this is where Windows 11 comes in, with Intel explaining, as reported by Neowin, that \u201cTo enable this level of fine-grained coordination for real performance, Intel jointly worked with Microsoft to incorporate this revolutionary capability into upcoming Windows 11 release.\u201d Meanwhile, Mehmet Iyigun, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, explained that Microsoft has been working closely with Intel throughout Windows 11\u2019s development to \u201coptimize our upcoming OS to take full advantage of the Performance Hybrid architecture.\u201d This involves using a new feature in Alder Lake called Thread Director, which works with Windows 11\u2019s thread scheduler to assign workloads to either performance cores or efficient cores of the processor. So, why does this matter? The fact that Intel and Microsoft are working so closely together means we should see future Intel-based PCs and laptops that run Windows 11 and take full advantage of the Performance Hybrid architecture of Alder Lake. This is precisely what both Microsoft and Intel need. For Microsoft, it\u2019ll show that Windows 11 is a worthwhile upgrade, and that rather than just being a slight update to Windows 10, it\u2019s a far more revolutionary leap. As for Intel, a new range of laptops and PCs based on its hardware that runs Windows 11 and offer greater performance and battery life compared to its competitors, could help it regain some of the mindshare it\u2019s lost to a resurgent AMD. Above all, this partnership should benefit consumers the most, as we could be in for some excellent laptops and PCs in the future.<\/p>\n