Windows 11 version 24H2 may enforce a new hardware requirement that will block older processors from running the operating system.

This is kind of a nothingburger. It requires an instruction that first launched on AMD Phenom and Intel’s Nehalem architecture (1st gen i5/i7). I would think the vast majority of people running 11 on unsupported CPUs would be running something newer than that.

From what I’ve read, it only affects AMD processors from 2011 and earlier, and Intel processors from 2008 and earlier.

So… just people who bypassed the earlier TPM requirement and installed Windows 11 on those older CPUs for some reason.

Who would do this, like three people in the world?

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Guess I’m one of the three. I did the tpm bypass on an old computer I built way back. Mostly just for fun, I don’t actually use it for anything anymore.

That said, looks like the CPU is new enough (i7 950) this change won’t affect it.

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I think windows 10 is going to be the last windows I use on my personal computer.

I hope that proton and general native Linux gaming support gets to a fully supported level before they kill off windows 10.

With the popularity of the steam deck for the first time I’m actually somewhat confident it’s going to get there eventually.

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