windows 11 upgrade

Question

I have the same processor and as per according to microsoft we need a dual core or higher processor running atleast on 1ghz.. and the i3 6006u is dual core and runs on 2ghz... then why isn't it supported?

Answer 1

and the i3 6006u is dual core and runs on 2ghz... then why isn't it supported?

As per Microsoft:

Devices that do not meet the minimum system requirements had 52% more kernel mode crashes. Devices that do meet the minimum system requirements had a 99.8% crash free experience.

Read more here: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/08/27/update-on-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements-and-the-pc-health-check-app/

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Answer 2

Most computers with Windows 10 can run Windows 11 in a supported or unsupported fashion.

Computers with unsupported installations may not benefit from the improvements in performance, reliability, and security.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/installing-windows-11-on-devices-that-don-t-meet-minimum-system-requirements-0b2dc4a2-5933-4ad4-9c09-ef0a331518f1

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bypass-windows-11-tpm-2-0-and-cpu-system-requirements.1989/