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You misunderstood me: are we assuming that the Microsoft list of supported processors represents all the CPUs that can run Windows 11, rather than the list that Microsoft supports (meaning they promise it works, promise it will continue to work) These at least to me seem like completely different things (and have been in the past).

As an example: Windows 10 is not officially supported on Sandy Bridge CPUs like the i7-2600K but it runs just fine.

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This looks like a list of processors they *approve for OEMs* that build *new* computers with Windows pre-installed.

Everyone is acting completely ridiculously thinking that there will be actual cpuid checks.

> The specification defines the Windows minimum hardware requirements necessary to:

> Boot and run Windows

> Update and service Windows

> Provide a baseline user experience that is comparable with similar devices and computers

It says nowhere that it is for OEMs, this is not the Windows Logo program which is for OEMs; and in fact, some of the CPUs mentioned are not on the market anymore.

The equivalent list for Windows 10 is missing many CPUs that run Windows 10 just fine... so yeah I don't think this list means anything for the actual consumer.

It’s something they can guarantee to some extent at least. Perhaps they want to have an out in order to deprecate support in the future. But just like Win10 doesn’t run CPUID and show a “sorry” dialog on your Sandy Bridge 2600K, I doubt it will for a Skylake in Windows 11.

They are literally doing cpuid checks.

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