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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)
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday October 19 2021, @12:23PM (11 children)
Really. Why should Windows not run on a single core system? Underneath the hood, applications don't care as long as the OS can schedule and run its thread/process somewhere. Yes, it may be sluggish. (Heck, it used to be some virus scanners would bring your computer to a halt unless you had multi-core) But that should be my decision.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 19 2021, @01:02PM (6 children)
The minimum requirement is supposedly 2 cores, 1 GHz. So 1 core, 3.6 GHz (base frequency!) would appear to be within the realm of possibility and the video shows that.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @02:42PM (5 children)
Why do I need to have a Microsoft account and Internet access.
"Internet connection and Microsoft account Windows 11 Home edition requires internet connectivity and a Microsoft account.
Switching a device out of Windows 11 Home in S mode also requires internet connectivity. Learn more about S mode here.
For all Windows 11 editions, internet access is required to perform updates and to download and take advantage of some features. A Microsoft account is required for some features."
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications [microsoft.com]
Maybe not everyone has Internet access. This is stupid and arbitrary. I hate how Windows tries to get me to make a Microsoft account. When Microsoft forgets my password or whatever they want to brick my machine and put me through a huge hassle to get it back up while deleting my settings.
Sometimes things that require online accounts forget the password and claim that my password is wrong even when I have the password saved to a spreadsheet. Then they give you a hard time about resetting it and they have a million excuses why the reset isn't working the way it's supposed to when you call them. It's often because they ultimately want you to buy a new device or whatever. Don't tie my device to an online account unnecessarily because I know why they do it.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday October 19 2021, @02:54PM (4 children)
If you haven't quit Windows, now's a great time to do it. Or wait until Windows 10 EOL in 2025 and then do it.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday October 19 2021, @03:17PM (2 children)
It is looking like I am going to be at the least doing the Win10 EOL switch to Linux.
Maybe sooner than that, if I get around to messing with it.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 19 2021, @06:48PM (1 child)
?buntu's are, of course, easy to install and use and have lots of support, but realize that it is slow compared to something like Manjaro. Haven't tried MX (ah! Just found MX is arch based!)
Try ?buntus if beginner, sure but realize it is slower than it should be. Distrohop like crazy and use distrowatch.com as a guide.
And of course you'll get lots of support here.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday October 20 2021, @01:26PM
Ubuntu has been the bloated Linux option for "newbs" for ages. It's user friendly enough that so long as you're not technophobic, you should be able to get it working.
MX Linux is the most recent distribution I've used to breathe new life into an old Laptop and it worked very well. That's probably going to be my go to, if I get around to messing with. Generally my time is limited though. So, I'm getting kid to school, working, then I'm back at home helping with kiddo and/or supper, spending time with kiddo, and then I have a couple hours or so of free time every night. Which usually goes right to X entertaining thing or extra rest. Lather, rinse, repeat. If it ain't broke, I'm not going to break it even further.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday October 20 2021, @02:11AM
I'm so borderline on taking the house Windows free, but it's always better to have diversity: ability to run that one Windows only cr-app that you "need" for whatever. Those "needs" have been getting fewer and farther between, maybe only two things in the last 5 years, but... so much cleaner to just fire it up on real Windows instead of trying to dual-boot or whatever. 95%+ of our home usage (outside my work stuff) is on Chrome. Chrome on Ubuntu will do just about everything these days.
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday October 19 2021, @01:41PM (2 children)
Because their "engineers" are incompetent.
Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 19 2021, @06:50PM
Yup...looks like MS screws up everything they touch. All they have now is momentum in business and peoples minds. Unfortunately, people are sheeple.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday October 20 2021, @02:16AM
They have competent engineers, not that they use them well. These kinds of decisions don't come from engineering, they come from marketing and industry collaboration (read: collusion.)
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Reziac on Wednesday October 20 2021, @02:59AM
Back in Days of Yore, Win2K required a Pentium and 64mb of RAM or it wouldn't install.
However, I can tell you from accidentally hooking the Win2K HD to my then test-rig that it runs adequately well on a 486DX4-100 with 8mb RAM. Took about 5 minutes to boot, but was tolerably usable after that.
No wonder this Win11 experience seems familiar!!
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.