EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWindows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCsarstechnica.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSo if you got Win11 to install on an “unsupported” CPU it might not boot now? Backward compatibility is a big selling point for me. It bugged me for years when Windows got rid of 16-bit compatibility. Looking forward to Linux instead of Windows 11/12, I know it will be a learning curve but Linux is getting better and easier.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s only CPUs lacking a specific extension. Nehalem or newer for Intel or Phenom or newer for AMD will still work. Those CPUs aren’t even officially supported by their weird restrictions.
So if you got Win11 to install on an “unsupported” CPU it might not boot now?
Backward compatibility is a big selling point for me. It bugged me for years when Windows got rid of 16-bit compatibility.
Looking forward to Linux instead of Windows 11/12, I know it will be a learning curve but Linux is getting better and easier.
It’s only CPUs lacking a specific extension. Nehalem or newer for Intel or Phenom or newer for AMD will still work. Those CPUs aren’t even officially supported by their weird restrictions.