You’ll need at least an 8th-gen Intel Core CPU or Ryzen 2000, and older processors are out of luck. Windows 11’s hardware requirements are the new operating system’s most dramatic change.

(Here are the system requirements for Windows 10, which include a 1GHz CPU or better, 2GB of RAM, and so on.) Microsoft periodically updates the minimum hardware requirements for its operating system. What are Windows’s 11 system requirements? Yes, you can, and you’ll have ten days to do so-plus a little more.

Can I roll back from Windows 11 to Windows 10? We still believe, however, that Microsoft will keep updating and patching Windows, whatever it’s called. What about that Microsoft pledge that Windows 10 would be the “last Windows?” As it turns out, that wasn’t exactly the case. At that point, you should really upgrade both your PC’s hardware as well as the operating system. If it doesn’t meet the hardware requirements, your PC will remain on Windows 10 until hardware support expires. Microsoft has always said that it plans to end support for Windows 10 in 2025, and that’s still the case. As a free replacement for Windows 10, your PC will upgrade to Windows 11 automatically. What does Windows 11 mean for Windows 10? There’s even a new Windows 11 SE specifically for schools.

Microsoft refers to Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro as different editions of Windows 10, and yes, there’s Windows 11 Home and Windows 11 Pro. Will there be different versions of Windows 11? Just follow this Windows 11 upgrade checklist. (Here’s how to get Windows 10 for even cheaper.) Weirdly, you still can’t buy a standalone Windows 11 license at press time, though you can upgrade to Windows 11 for free. We’d expect the price for a standalone version of the operating system to be around the current price of Windows 10: $110 for Windows 11 Home, and $150 for Windows 11 Pro. Some of you may be wondering what Windows 11 will cost. As a related story, here’s how to upgrade to Windows 11 - you can choose from Windows Update, downloading an ISO file, and more. Here’s how to get Windows 11, which now includes standalone ISO files, too. (Don’t worry, you can stay on Windows 10 until Microsoft retires it in 2025.) How do I get Windows 11? Microsoft appears to be placing some fairly substantial hardware requirements on Windows 11, and if your PC doesn’t meet them, you won’t be allowed to upgrade, either. If you’re wondering whether you’ll be able to opt out of Windows 11-the answer is, surprisingly, yes.

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