First, Microsoft began offering a free upgrade to Windows 11 on October 5, 2021, and they have stated that Windows 11 will be released in phased approach with new eligible devices upgraded first. The process for getting and installing Windows 11 is quite different from any prior version of Windows. This does not impact earlier 32-bit versions of Windows 10 but don’t expect to see any 32-bit support for Windows 11 going forward. Beginning with Windows 10, version 2004, Microsoft has stated that all new Windows 10 systems will use 64-bit builds and that Microsoft will no longer release 32-bit builds for OEM distribution. While I find it hard to believe anyone might still care about this, there isn’t a 32-bit version of Windows 11. Display – A high definition (720p) display that is greater than 9” diagonally.Graphics support - Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with a WDDM 2.0 driver.TPM: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0.System Firmware –UEFI ( Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and Secure Boot capable.Storage – A minimum of 64 GB or higher.CPUs (Central Processing Units) - 1 Ghz or faster with 2 or more cores and appearing on Microsoft’s list of approved CPUs. The processor in your PC will be a main determining factor for whether your PC can run Windows 11. Unfortunately, a surprising number of CPU – even fairly new ones – are not included in this list of supported CPUs so you really need to check your CPU against the list of supported CPUs.Here are the main hardware requirements that you should be aware of when you are considering installing Windows 11: As a part of the release Microsoft has stated that Windows 10 will be supported until 2025 so you know that Windows 10 will be around for the next few years. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, you’ll have heard that Microsoft released Windows 11 on October 5 th, 2021. Well, a few years later it turns out that wasn’t quite right.

You might vaguely remember that back in 2015 Microsoft was touting that Windows 10 was going to be the “last OS you’ll ever need”. Preparing a VM for Windows 11 installation.Performing a clean install for a new Windows 11 instance.Beginning the installation process with Windows 11 media.Installing Windows 11 on unsupported systems.Installing Windows 11 with the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool or the ISO download.Installing Windows 11 using the Installation Assistant.Windows 11 upgrade using Windows Update.

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