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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 Freeman on Wednesday October 20 2021, @01:32PM
My wife's computer:
MSI B350 TOMAHAWK AM4
AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700 Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.0 GHz
Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400
Some version of a Radeon RX 480 4GB/8GB.
Win 10 Pro 64-bit
Supposedly, it would support the Ryzen 5 3600, which is supported by Win11. Not sure, if the MB would be supported or not, it probably would just squeak in, if I upgrade my computer to a 5000 and drop my 3600 CPU into this thing. Still, I'm much more likely to burn the Microsoft bridge, because they're not getting better.
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"