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Windows 11 Runs on 1-Core Pentium 4 Because Microsoft Forgot to Disable It

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 19 2021, @04:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the 2021's-Pentium-Bug dept.

takyon writes:

Windows 11 hardware requirements made a mockery of by an Intel Pentium 4 processor

As the screenshots below show, Microsoft considers the Intel Pentium 4 661 a supported processor. Intel released the Pentium 4 661 in early 2006, with a solitary core to its name. Apparently, Microsoft forgot to add any Intel Family 15 (Netburst) SKUs in its unsupported processors list for Windows 11.

Hence, the PC Health Check tool sees that the Pentium 4 661 has a 3.6 GHz boost clock, which satisfies one of Windows 11's requirements. Curiously, the tool states that the Pentium 4 661 has two or more cores, even though it lists it as having one.

@Carlos_SM1995 has even got Windows 11 (Build 22000.258) running on a Pentium 4 661. Supposedly, Windows Update still works too, highlighting the ridiculousness of Microsoft's overtures regarding Windows 11 compatibility.

Windows 11 final (Build 22000.258) running on Intel Pentium 4 (11m4s video)

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by MadTinfoilHatter on Tuesday October 19 2021, @06:41AM (6 children)

    by MadTinfoilHatter (4635) on Tuesday October 19 2021, @06:41AM (#1188327)

    Do they mean it works, or that it just boots?

    From the video it seems a tad sluggish, but actually perfectly usable.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday October 19 2021, @08:18AM (5 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Tuesday October 19 2021, @08:18AM (#1188344)

    it seems a tad sluggish, but actually perfectly usable.

    is the conclusion of all the reviews of new major versions of Windows for the past 30 years (revision x.0). Then by the time revision x.1 comes out, you need a new computer.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @07:29PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @07:29PM (#1188532)

      Intel gives and Microsoft takes away.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @08:39PM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @08:39PM (#1188566)

        Moore's Law: Every 18 months, the speed of hardware doubles.
        Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @10:54PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @10:54PM (#1188615)

          Moore's Law is slowing down... what about Gates' Law?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 20 2021, @12:15AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 20 2021, @12:15AM (#1188632)

            Gates' law is slowing computers down, try to keep up.

        • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Wednesday October 20 2021, @11:10AM

          by Opportunist (5545) on Wednesday October 20 2021, @11:10AM (#1188727)

          Every software will grow to fit the amount of memory available.

          (kinda the OS version of Parkinson's law [wikipedia.org].)