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Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] snownyte@kbin.social 44 points 9 months ago (19 children)

May I ask - why is anyone bothering to install Windows 11 on old hardware in the first place?

Old hardware is better for Linux. Either install Linux or you can get used to having your old hardware be used as a paperweight.

[–] HC4L@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago (8 children)

In this context an unsupported cpu would be an i7 7700K for example. Hardly e-waste and can perform quite well..

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Those aren't supported but they're not affected by this specific change. The latest chips that won't be able to boot are Core 2 Duo and the Athlon X2 chips that predated AMD Phenom. Old old.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

My poor Athlon II x64 6400 isn't that old 😭

I am actually surprised my nostalgia build still works TBH

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