When Microsoft announced Windows 11 on June 24, 2021, it introduced stricter hardware requirements than any previous Windows version. The most controversial change was the , which deliberately excluded most 7th generation Intel Core processors (codenamed “Kaby Lake”), despite these chips being only 4-5 years old at the time.
Windows 11 uses drivers. Intel stopped providing DCH drivers for 7th Gen iGPUs (HD Graphics 610/620/630) in 2022. Without driver updates, Microsoft feared crashes and blue screens. When Microsoft announced Windows 11 on June 24,
When Microsoft announced Windows 11 on June 24, 2021, it introduced stricter hardware requirements than any previous Windows version. The most controversial change was the , which deliberately excluded most 7th generation Intel Core processors (codenamed “Kaby Lake”), despite these chips being only 4-5 years old at the time.
Windows 11 uses drivers. Intel stopped providing DCH drivers for 7th Gen iGPUs (HD Graphics 610/620/630) in 2022. Without driver updates, Microsoft feared crashes and blue screens.