Why Windows 11 is leaving so many PCs behind
Aug 11, 2021
4 minutes
GORDON MAH UNG reports
If you’re still wondering just why your relatively recent computer may get abandoned by Windows 11, it’s likely because your CPU’s performance would take a nose dive when all of the security features in the new operating system are enabled.
Microsoft kicked over a wasp’s nest of anger when it announced that Windows 11 would not support 7th-gen and older Intel CPUs, as well as AMD Ryzen 1000 CPUs and older.
To add to the confusion, much of the ‘why’ appeared to hinge on the requirement of a TPM 2.0 module to run the new OS – but many 7th-gen Core and Ryzen 1000 machines can and
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