[HN Gopher] Detection Script to help identify why your PC isn't ... ___________________________________________________________________ Detection Script to help identify why your PC isn't Windows 11 ready Author : sys_64738 Score : 9 points Date : 2021-06-26 21:29 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | tyingq wrote: | There's also a Microsoft provided tool: | https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp | | And the text list of what's compatible: | | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifica... | | The two that people are complaining about most are: | | - Arbitrary requirement of 8th gen or better for Intel | i3/5/7/9[1]. Which seems odd, given that some 2017 era Celerons | are on the list. | | - TPM 2.0 module | | [1] Specific Intel CPUs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en- | us/windows-hardware/design/min... | slipframe wrote: | I sure hope this isn't the start of the phone-ification of 'real | computers', with the expectation that people buy new hardware | every few years lest they get left out in the cold by software | vendors. | tyingq wrote: | Seems to be the case. There are laptops manufactured 2-3 years | ago using 7th gen Intel, which isn't making the cut. Maybe MS | will back off after all the corporate IT people start bitching | about their laptops. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-06-26 23:00 UTC)