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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 wisnoskij on Wednesday October 20 2021, @01:23PM (1 child)
You are probably better off going the other way. Their are Linux distros optimized for VMs that claim bare metal adjacent efficiency.
(Score: 2) by linuxrocks123 on Wednesday October 20 2021, @05:32PM
The technology that allows that for gaming purposes is GPU passthrough. It's awkward and wasteful in that you need at least two GPUs in your machine, and you also need either two monitors or an HDMI switcher box.