Aria Carley, Microsoft Program Manager, answers questions from users in the Microsoft technical community about upgrades to Windows 11 once the new version of the operating system becomes available to everyone.
In a July 21 livestream, Microsoft program manager Aria Carley answered questions from users in the Microsoft tech community about the final hardware requirements for upgrading to Windows 11. alpha images available now, Carley confirmed that the ” material flooring ‘would be real for the final versions.
“So we’re talking about this new hardware floor of which devices are eligible and which are not,” Carley said, adding, “We know it sucks that some may not be eligible for Windows 11.” She went on to say that Microsoft is imposing the unpopular hardware floor “to keep devices more productive, have a better experience and, most importantly, have better security than before so they can stay protected in this new workforce. “.
While he acknowledges the situation “sucks” for affected users, Carley doubled down on the inflexibility of the hardware floor in response to a later question, stating, “Group policy will not allow you to bypass it. The hardware app for Windows 11. will always prevent you from upgrading your device … to make sure your devices remain supported and secure. “
Unsurprisingly, these responses did not appear to be well received by the public. Windows 8. “Other comments – again, according to Windows Central – have speculated that the seemingly unnecessary hardware requirements are a thinly veiled ploy to push sales of new computers, with corresponding increases in license sales. Windows.
Unfortunately, we have to take the word of various blogs on what users in the Microsoft tech community had to say because Microsoft simply turned off comments on the video, removing all existing comments, in response to the negativity. While the comments are gone, the vote isn’t – with 2.7,000 dislikes and just 146 likes this afternoon.
In our opinion, Microsoft’s rush for new hardware requirements is too aggressive and mismanaged, regardless of what one might think of the legitimacy of its unspecified security benefits. A much smoother “built for Windows 11” campaign, requiring OEM hardware vendors to meet these requirements on new OEM-installed Windows systems, would probably have been sufficient to achieve the same goals in about the same. time lapse.
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