Question Old hardware, can I run 11?

[Vytasb]

With the specs on my signature, am I able to run 11 even though I'm "unsupported"? Will it be stable? Will I have performance issues?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Not supported at all. Even if you manage to finagle an install you will be denied any patches/updates.

 

[Theresa N]

Frankly, I wonder what the draw is for people with old hardware to run Windows 11. It really doesn't offer much.

 

[USAFRet]

Old hardware, can I run 11?

No.
That CPU will be 11 years old when support for Win 10 ends.

I have a similar system, and Win 11 is not even on the horizon for it.

 

[BFG-9000]

With the specs on my signature, am I able to run 11 even though I'm "unsupported"?

Well sure, plenty of people run unsupported Win 11 on Core2 or A64 which are 7 years older than your i7 so it'd probably work

Will it be stable? Will I have performance issues?

Only you can find that out the hard way, since such a configuration has never been beta or even alpha tested.

I will say that there have been surprisingly few reported problems on unsupported systems, besides various glitches such as some games failing to launch. WindowsUpdate and even version updates have installed fine, but this does not mean it won't brick itself next time--unsupported means untested by anyone officially, so this is just for fun* and not for your main system.

* This backwards compatibility suggests it's pretty much just a reskinned Win 10, and worth trying if you are considering a new computer after next week** just to see if you can tolerate it.

**Microsoft will end the sale of Windows 10 licenses January 31, 2023 so Win 10 will increasingly only be an option limited to business or gaming computers

 

[geofelt]

Your cpu is not on the w11 supported list:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...pported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

Is there some feature of windows 11 that makes you want to switch?
Stoppage of support for w10 simply means that new features will only appear on w11.
Security updates will still continue.