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Hi. Are you going to be expanding the list of approved CPUs for Windows 11 please? I have seen the list at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors but this doesn't include my CPU (i5-7200U). However, my CPU more than meets the speed and core requirements (2x2.5GHz) and is more capable than many of the CPUs on your list (e.g. Celeron 6305 at 2x1.8GHz). Thanks
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The processor requirement is the most restrictive; supported processors include 8th-generation and newer Intel Core processors as well as AMD Ryzen 2000-series processors and newer. These are all chips that launched in late 2017 and early 2018. Older computers can't officially run Windows 11.
Hello Nick! My name is Mustafa, I will be assisting you today
Note: This is a user-to-user support forum and I am a fellow user who doesn't work for Microsoft.
I don't think they will be adding older processors to their list of supported CPUs for Windows 11. There are many things that are considered when deciding whether a CPU supports an OS or not and it is not only about the cores. Yours is a U version CPU, which means it is made for laptops that focus on power efficiency and not power, so it is not powerful enough to handle Windows 11. They should also take into account future updates, while your CPU may be powerful enough to support the first version of Windows 11, it will not be powerful enough to support an update from a few months from now or a year from now and lead to having issues with your device. And you can see in the list the first version of the Core i5 U version that is supported is from the 10th Generation. Considering that it came out 2-3 years ago shows you that your version doesn't meet the requirement for Windows 11.
And the Celeron example that you have given, may be a desktop version or a gaming version which is much more powerful than the laptop version of the CPU.
I hope this answers your question.
Please let me know if you need further assistance.
Warm Regards,
Mustafa
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If CPU is qualified to run Windows 11 or not has nothing to do with 'power'. Qualification is based on CPU's internal saferty features. If your device is running in UEFI mode with GPT disk and it has at least TPM 1.2 you can install/upgrade to Windows 11 (not recommended) with these MS instructions.
Ways to install Windows 11 - Microsoft Support
This laptop has run Windows 11 insider previews since release of Win 11 without issues.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz
Installed RAM 16,0 GB (15,9 GB usable)
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on 02.06.2023
OS build 25381.1
On another unsupported device I have Windows 11 Pro 22H2 and so far that device has get all monthly Cumulative Updates via windows update. Only 'issue' of running Windows 11 in unsupported is that feature update (22H1 to 22H2) had to make manually using official ISO.
