Windows 11 will only support 8th generation and up CPUs

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2 pointsAshanmaril5 comments

This is insane. I bought my laptop for a small fortune in 2017 and I cannot upgrade it cause it is a 7th gen i7?

I don't think supported here means it's not going to run on anything else. Maybe some kind of OEM thing?

We will have to see. I have an HP Pavilion, their customer support is pretty shitty in my country.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/min...

There are lists for older versions, try to find your processor there. I checked a few and they didn't even have i7-3770, which is nonsense. Rookie mistake by MS employee in that tweet there, click-bait fodder for many FUD spreading sites.

Its not there as far as I can see.

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