Windows 11 keeps on confusing people, it seems. And this project is also likely to leave even more people scratching their heads.
According to a report by TechRadar, the current preview build of Windows 11 can actually run on a tiny Raspberry Pi 4 computer, even if some systems are far more powerful. There have been multiple projects like this all over the internet, like this Youtube video which details how to make the OS run on the Pi 4.
They were confused because even though their PCs are pretty powerful and way above the recommended hardware, the checker still says they couldn't run Microsoft's upcoming OS. It then turned out that they lacked something that used to be overlooked: a TPM module, which Microsoft says is essential for security's sake.
Not only that, but they changed the system requirements a few days after the initial announcement. There, they added two categories: a "soft floor" and a "hard floor," which denotes the absolute minimum and recommended specs that a system must have to run the new OS. Even worse, they changed it again: this time claiming that CPUs older than AMD's first-generation Ryzen and Intel's 7th-gen Kaby Lake are incompatible.
So, how can Windows 11 run on a tiny, low-powered computer when it's not compatible even on a much more powerful Microsoft Surface laptop, for one?
Perhaps the main reason is that Windows 11, despite having already been announced, is still a work in progress. There wasn't even a reveal of the exact launch date at the presentation live stream last June 24. So far, all that's known is that it will be released on Holiday 2021, which starts around late November. By then, here's hoping that Microsoft will finally get things straight.
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Written by RJ Pierce
