Here Are The Official Windows 11 System Requirements
Jun. 24, 2021Windows 11may look like it has undergone a cosmetic change over Windows 10, but looking at the Windows 11 system requirements, it seems there is more to it under the hood. It seems Windows 11 is only going to run on recently-released PCs and not older computers. We have even written a quick guide tocheck if your Windows 10 PC can run Windows 11using the PC Health Check app. But if you want to learn about the detailed Windows 11 system requirements, jump to our explainer below.
Windows 11 System Requirements Detailed
Here are the minimum system requirements for running Windows 11 on a laptop or desktop. If we take a good look at the requirements, it seems even some newer-built desktops won’t be able to run Windows 11 as largely motherboards tend to not come with TPM onboard, let alone TPM 2.0. Some motherboards do come with fTPM support, which should make way for Windows 11.
Not to mention, the 64-bit processor requirement makes it clear that Microsoft wants to do away with older PCs. Interestingly, Microsoft has not mentioned any specific hardware requirements torun Android apps on Windows 11. The support for Android apps is made possible by Intel Bridge Technology. Will Windows 11 running on AMD processors be able to run Android apps? We don’t know yet.
Apart from the minimum system requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft has also detailed specifications for using some of Windows 11-specific features. You can read themhere, but here is the gist.
So this is an exhaustive list of requirements needed to run Windows 11. Going by the specifications, it will be hard to run Windows 11 on older PCs. Nevertheless, there will be support by the developer community on how to run Windows 11 without TPM or UEFI support. Basically, you can run Windows 11 on computers having BIOS firmware, but it will be impossible to get the new OS running on a 32-bit processor. Anyway, that is all from us. If you have any questions, comment down below and let us know.
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