Windows 11 Incoming
Windows 11 Won’t Be an Option for Many Windows 10 Users
A few of those new system requirements will make the upgrade impossible — how and, most importantly, why?
Microsoft has announced Windows 11 a few hours ago and people are still collecting bits and pieces of information about the new operating system from around the Web — one thing becomes perfectly clear, though, after going through a number of reports surfacing on technical outlets rather than mainstream ones: the successor of Windows 10 will not be available to everyone after all. Despite the fact that Microsoft will be offering an upgrade free of charge, a considerable portion of the Windows 10 user base may not be able to make use of it.
It all has to do with the system requirements of Windows 11. These really are quite modest for today’s PC standards, yes, but they set a few prerequisites that practically prevent PCs that are, say, 5 or 6 years old to run Windows 11 (even if they now run Windows 10 with no problems). Quick reminder: these requirements call for a 64-bit 1 GHz or faster dual-core processor, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, a DirectX 12 compatible graphics card, a UEFI BIOS with Secure Boot capability and a Trusted Platform Module 2.0.
