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Updated Microsoft on Monday released its first Windows 11 Insider Preview build (22000.51) to its Dev channel. It also took the opportunity to tackle head on the criticism it faced over the operating system s tough hardware requirements.
A Microsoft document [PDF] released last week details the hardware requirements for Windows 11. It states TPM 2.0 support is required: All device models, lines or series must implement and be in compliance with the International Standard ISO/IE C 11889:2015 or the Trusted Computing Group TPM 2.0 Library and a component which implements the TPM 2.0 must be present and enabled by default.
At the same time, some hardware makers will be exempt from that requirement though only with Microsoft s permission. Upon approval from Microsoft, OEM systems for special purpose commercial systems, custom order, and customer systems with a custom image are not required to ship with a TPM support enabled, the document stated.
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Microsoft has released the first Insider Preview of the Windows 11, as it had promised at its event last week. The first Windows 11 beta has a build 22000.51, and it’s available for Insiders in the Dev channel. To install Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds, you must be running a licensed version of Windows 10 on your device.
Even though, Microsoft said that Windows 11 requires your device to be running on Intel 8th generation or AMD Zen 2 processors and later, the preview builds can be installed on devices running on Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1 processors, so that the company can check if it meets the principles around security and reliability to be eligible for Windows 11.
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Last week, Microsoft angered PC users everywhere when it revealed that Windows 11 won’t officially support CPU processors from a mere four to five years ago.
But now the company is considering lowering the system requirements to include two earlier CPU generations: Intel’s “Kaby Lake” 7th-gen chips from 2016 and AMD’s Ryzen 1000 processors from mid-2017.