Windows 11's supported CPU list restores some of the previously removed Intel processors

Completely artificially high standards. W11 would run flawlessly on a 1st gen core i7 if Microsoft didn't intentionally try to render old hardware obsolete.

sheesh!
wonder why MS decided back then to remove certain intel xeon cpus from the supported intel processor win11 list and then recently put them back into the list

NonGravis said:

Completely artificially high standards. W11 would run flawlessly on a 1st gen core i7 if Microsoft didn't intentionally try to render old hardware obsolete.

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Yes, 11 can run on almost anything, my System Two has 1st gen i5.

But was not a completely artificial decision to require 8th gen or above. MS had some valid reasons for choosing that cut-off point.

The minimum processor requirements for Windows 11 compatibility are an 8th generation Intel processor or the equivalent from AMD. Microsoft's justification for this cut-off point is that 8th gen and above natively handle core isolation instructions that W11 uses by default, while 7th gen and earlier will have to emulate those instructions, leading to a loss of performance.