Microsoft has published the CPU requirements for its upcoming Windows 11 update, and it eliminates a lot of older processors.
Microsoft announced Windows 11 today, and it’s been publishing documentation all day. In fact, the system requirements have changed. You now need a 64-bit CPU, and it needs to have at least two cores. RAM and storage requirements have been bumped up to 4GB and 64GB respectively. Other new requirements include TPM 2.0, DirectX 12, a Precision touchpad, and more. As usual, Microsoft also publishes a list of supported processors that you can use with Windows. While the company usually just added new processors to the list throughout the lifecycle of Windows 10, Windows 11 cuts some CPUs off of the list. Note that if your processor isn’t on the list, it might not be the end of the world.
