Windows 11's "Dropped" support on 6th and 7th gen Intel Core Processors

[CRWND_12]

Hi!

 

So I was a windows user for a very long time and there was this thing that keeps me bothering at all.

 

I have a laptop, which is an Acer Aspire ES1-572 series running on a 6th gen Intel Core i3-6006U @ 2.00 GHz. The hardware is kinda old and not powerful as it seems but it can handle light gaming, video editing at 1080p, and Microsoft Office 365 (which came from our school).

 

What was saddening for me as a student and one of the tech experts for our school is that Windows 11 does not support my processor according to the PC health check app that I've downloaded here. Some of our teacher's laptops will not be eligible for Windows 11 due to fact that their laptops are equipped with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, their processors aren't supported because of the new minimum requirements of Windows 11 that 8th gen and later Intel Processors are supported.

 

I was wondering now if they would still support 6th and 7th gen Intel Core processors. As per my research, devices with these processors are equipped with TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, and can handle newer version of windows for longer years unlike before.

 

So I want to ask if Microsoft's Windows 11 will still support these processor? Like I don't say that Windows 10 is bad nor that good since there is really no perfect software. If not, then would Windows 10 will still get feature and security updates before it's retirement and how would those updates help our devices with unsupported hardware keep up with Windows 11's features?

 

I will hope for your answers for my questions. Thank you and God bless you all!

[Levent]

I swear, every time I see this topic posted here the same question comes to my mind. What cant you do with W10 that you can only do with W11? Officially no, your system is currently not supported. Will that change? probably not. Will using windows 10 longer make any difference for you and millions of other people who asked the same question? Nope. Your only option is to wait for it to be released officially and see if they changed anything.

[CRWND_12]

8 minutes ago, Levent said:

I swear, every time I see this topic posted here the same question comes to my mind. What cant you do with W10 that you can only do with W11? Officially no, your system is currently not supported. Will that change? probably not. Will using windows 10 longer make any difference for you and millions of other people who asked the same question? Nope. Your only option is to wait for it to be released officially and see if they changed anything.

Well, what i need that is the microsoft store that comes with the android apps since our learning management systems utilizes android app support

[D13H4RD]

It's bullshit but everyone needs to chill a bit. 

 

Just because your system doesn't support Windows 11 at launch doesn't mean it instantly becomes a damn brick. Everything, including all your applications, will still work as it always has, and you will still get updates and support until 2025. 

 

They may change their bullshit requirements as the anger grows closer to release, but if Microsoft stubbornly insists, it's not like your system immediately becomes useless. Heck my phone still runs on Android 9, when Android 12 is a thing, yet I'm able to do pretty much everything that I need my phone for. 

 

Just. Calm. Down. 

[Freakwise]

2 minutes ago, CRWND_12 said:

android apps since our learning management systems utilizes android app support

Android emulator is probably much better with greater app support and only like what? 500mb?...

[CRWND_12]

1 minute ago, Freakwise said:

Android emulator is probably much better with greater app support and only like what? 500mb?...

well i know there is an android emulator but my processor is not good for it.

[mr cheese]

Spoiler

 

14 minutes ago, Levent said:

I swear, every time I see this topic posted here the same question comes to my mind. What cant you do with W10 that you can only do with W11? Officially no, your system is currently not supported. Will that change? probably not. Will using windows 10 longer make any difference for you and millions of other people who asked the same question? Nope. Your only option is to wait for it to be released officially and see if they changed anything.

 

4 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

It's bullshit but everyone needs to chill a bit. 

 

Just because your system doesn't support Windows 11 at launch doesn't mean it instantly becomes a damn brick. Everything, including all your applications, will still work as it always has, and you will still get updates and support until 2025. 

 

They may change their bullshit requirements as the anger grows closer to release, but if Microsoft stubbornly insists, it's not like your system immediately becomes useless. Heck my phone still runs on Android 9, when Android 12 is a thing, yet I'm able to do pretty much everything that I need my phone for. 

 

Just. Calm. Down. 

 

read the post, I implore all ye actually trying to reply.

this person has an actual use case for Windows 11 and actual questions not exactly pertaining to the answers you are giving them.

19 minutes ago, CRWND_12 said:

If not, then would Windows 10 will still get feature and security updates before it's retirement and how would those updates help our devices with unsupported hardware keep up with Windows 11's features?

Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, you've got plenty of life left in your system, however I would not count on Windows 11 including Android app support like you were hoping for.

[Freakwise]

4 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

It's bullshit but everyone needs to chill a bit. 

 

Just because your system doesn't support Windows 11 at launch doesn't mean it instantly becomes a damn brick. Everything, including all your applications, will still work as it always has, and you will still get updates and support until 2025. 

 

They may change their bullshit requirements as the anger grows closer to release, but if Microsoft stubbornly insists, it's not like your system immediately becomes useless. Heck my phone still runs on Android 9, when Android 12 is a thing, yet I'm able to do pretty much everything that I need my phone for. 

 

Just. Calm. Down. 

Agree it's not even like in 2026 when win10 discontinued your pc will explode or doomed to hell if still using windows 10,

 

 

 

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, DaJakerBoss said:

read the post, I implore all ye actually trying to reply.

this person has an actual use case for Windows 11 and actual questions not exactly pertaining to the answers you are giving them.

Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, you've got plenty of life left in your system, however I would not count on Windows 11 including Android app support like you were hoping for.

Best shot is Bluestacks, I'm afraid.

[Levent]

1 minute ago, DaJakerBoss said:

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read the post, I implore all ye actually trying to reply.

this person has an actual use case for Windows 11 and actual questions not exactly pertaining to the answers you are giving them.

Windows 11 is not an actual use case nor OP provides anything unique that can be done in W11. You would be surprised how much you can get done using Windows XP even today, an operating system that was released 20 years ago. Windows 11 did not provide anything so unique or revolutionary that everyone needs to upgrade to it.

[Freakwise]

4 minutes ago, CRWND_12 said:

well i know there is an android emulator but my processor is not good for it.

Say, what is your pc/ laptop spec?

I'm still using my shitty definitely always thermally throttled AMD A4 with 4gb of ram laptop (still using hdd)

And it's run some games pretty well.

Some emu definitely heavier than others like nox is pretty choppy while memu is pretty light and still serve what I'm actually need

 

Android emulator...

[mr cheese]

4 minutes ago, Levent said:

Windows 11 is not an actual use case nor OP provides anything unique that can be done in W11. You would be surprised how much you can get done using Windows XP even today, an operating system that was released 20 years ago. Windows 11 did not provide anything so unique or revolutionary that everyone needs to upgrade to it.

Native Android emulation should be quite a better implementation than whatever Bluestacks can bring to the table. I'd say that is a valid (if individual and non-essential/replaceable) use case for Windows 11 as a whole

[CRWND_12]

1 minute ago, Freakwise said:

Say, what is your pc/ laptop spec?

I'm still using my shitty definitely always thermally throttled AMD A4 with 4gb of ram laptop (still using hdd)

And it's run some games pretty well.

Some emu definitely heavier than others like nox is pretty choppy while memu is pretty light and still serve what I'm actually need

 

Android emulator...

Intel Core i3-6006U 2C/4T @ 2.00GHZ

Intel HD Graphics 520

4GB 2133MHZ Micron DDR4 RAM

500GB 5400RPM HDD (Western Digital Blue)

 

[mr cheese]

2 minutes ago, Freakwise said:

Say, what is your pc/ laptop spec?

29 minutes ago, CRWND_12 said:

I have a laptop, which is an Acer Aspire ES1-572 series running on a 6th gen Intel Core i3-6006U @ 2.00 GHz. The hardware is kinda old and not powerful as it seems but it can handle light gaming, video editing at 1080p, and Microsoft Office 365 (which came from our school).

 

 

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2 minutes ago, DaJakerBoss said:

Native Android emulation should be quite a better implementation than whatever Bluestacks can bring to the table. I'd say that is a valid (if individual and non-essential/replaceable) use case for Windows 11 as a whole

I think they are using translation like Native Bridge in Android x86