- Some reports allegedly claimed Windows 11 24h2 has dropped support to Intel 8., 9th and 10th-Gen CPUs
- Microsoft has made it clear that this is not the case
- The confusion arose due to a support document that is correct but aimed at PC producers, so it only applies to new, non -existing Windows 11 systems
Windows 11 has not dropped support to some older Intel processors with its latest incarnation, the (rather problematic) 24H2 update, despite some reports flowing around and claiming this is the case.
Windows latest brings this clarification, complete with words from Microsoft, that these older Intel 8th, 9th and 10th generation of processors are still fully compatible with Windows 11 24h2, and nothing has changed in that regard.
So where does this wrong idea come about? It came from an official list of supported CPUs to Windows 11, which was actually recently updated to the 24H2 release on which the mentioned Intel chips were removed.
The central point, however, is that this is a support document that shows processors that are okay to use for laptops and PC manufacturers in their new Windows 11 devices. The text is clearly called: “OEMs [PC makers] can use the following CPUs for new Windows 11 devices. “
There is a clear difference between CPUs recommended to go into new Windows 11 pitches and chips that are in existing PCs supported by Windows 11. Something has changed included with a new machine packing 24h2 (Although they are still technically okay) – but nothing has changed in the latter case with existing devices.
In short, you are good to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 if you use an Intel 8th, 9th or 10. Genchip, there is no need to worry about that score.
Windows recent received a clarification directly from Microsoft with a statement that “the requirements have not changed” to Windows 11 24h2 and they have not actually been changed since us were first released.
In a separate support article elsewhere on Windows Hardware Development Portal regarding the CPU requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft also notes: “Changes to the stated processors do not indicate or affect a customer’s existing Windows support and are intended for OEMs to Determine Processors that can be used in new Windows devices. “
Analysis: It’s easy to see where confusion sneaked in
It then definitely cleans up. That said, there is something of a strange one, since since Windows 11 system requirements – the official effort for consumers – links across to a ‘list of approved CPUs’, which are the aforementioned recommendations for OEMs, not consumers (as Toms Hardware marked).
So Microsoft could do with cleaning up his support literature here as it is easy to see how someone can get confused. If you do not read the full text to the article, you will not see the reference to OEMs (and who is reading everything these days?).
So what should you do as a consumer who speculates the exact CPU requirements for Windows 11? Well, Microsoft obviously doesn’t want you to pore over any lists of supported processors, and instead recommends you run PC-Health Control app-Although it is an easy and trouble-free way to see if your computer actually supports Windows 11 .
However, I would still recommend Microsoft cleans the said support documentation to ensure that any possible confusion is kept to a minimum because, as this episode illustrates, there is some room for confusion.
