Obsolete At 4 Years Old - Thanks Microsoft

[CrapAtCryptics]

I`ve just run the compatibility checker for Windows 11 to see what it says. It states that my laptop is not compatible. As it is a 4 year old powered by an Intel i7 - 7700with 32gb of Ram I am amazed as this will probably apply to 75% or more of exisiting machines.

Probably another example of bloatware that most of us will never use.

[Canary42]

I've just had a similar problem with Microsoft Office for Apple. This sort of commercial racketeering should be outlawed IMHO.

[SparklyKid]

My desktop is brand new, but, win 11 says it is 11 years old ???

[Gizmonster]

I'm just wondering if the compatibility checker is flawed.
According to:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/windows-11-use-microsofts-pc-health-check-app-to-check-if-your-device-is-compatible-heres-how/
.... the minimum requirements are:
1 GHz processor
4 GB RAM
64 GB storage

Mine is not as high spec as yours, but when I just did a check, it said "the processor isn't supported for Windows 11"..... even though it's 2.5 GHz

[barry1010]

The compatability test should also have told you that Microsoft is going to support W10 until October 2025 - I think they will extend that.
So your 4 year old laptop is not obsolete.

[barry1010]

Mine isn't compatible because it doesn't have secure boot

[Hymie]

Once Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10, your laptop will continue to work as before. There are people still using XP which Microsoft stopped supporting a long time back.

[mushroom25]

i'm given to understand that another pre-requisite for Win11 is for the user to have a Microsoft account. so I won't be upgrading.

[Espresso125]

32 gb of ram !

[TheChair]

Windows 11 requires your computer to have a chip for the Trusted Platform Module.
Your machine is not obsolete - it will happily run Windows 10, and will be 9 years old by the time Windows 10 support ends.

[tommy39]

new desktop 2yrs,upgraded cpu,graphics card and ram,can't run win 11.ok, then i won't bother

[Buenchico]

Microsoft are currently selling their own Surface Studio 2 all-in-one computer for the staggering price of £3,549 but even that's not compatible with Windows 11!
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22549725/microsoft-windows-11-cpu-support-tpm-hardware-requirements

The laptop I'm typing this on (which cost over a grand when it was new just 5 or 6 years ago, although I picked it up for £200 on eBay) certainly won't support Windows 11 but I'm not bothered by it because I see no reason to upgrade to W11 for many years yet.

I'm never taken in by manufacturers' hype telling me that I 'must' have the very latest processor, with the very largest drive, a massive storage capacity, the very latest version of Windows and nothing but the official version of Microsoft Office. I've just ordered a 'new' desktop PC on behalf of a friend, who only uses his computer for typing academic texts, plus the usual web browsing and emailing etc. It's got a 3.6Ghz processor, 8 GB of RAM, a 128 GB SSD (which is more than sufficient for his very limited needs) and a fresh installation of Windows 10 on it. (I'll be installing OpenOffice and VLC onto it too). The price I paid for it, inclusive of postage, was just £85. As I've said, I'm definitely not taken in by hype ;-)

[CrapAtCryptics]

Just for the record the compatibility checker has been withdrawn for updating so maybe they did a whoopsie.