Microsoft won't allow Windows 11 on many older Surface devices

About half of Microsoft’s Surface lineup will be ineligible to upgrade to Windows 11, the company confirmed Thursday after announcing the new operating system.When PCWorld asked which Surface devices would be eligible for Windows 11, a Microsoft representative responded via email with the names of just five legacy devices, as well as the most modern revisions of each of Microsoft’s Surface lineup. To date, Microsoft has shipped twenty-five different Surface models, excluding the Surface Duo.Microsoft didn’t comment on why it was excluding many of its Surface devices from Windows 11, but the reason most likely corresponds with the minimum Windows 11 hardware requirements listed earlier today, and possibly the need for a TPM 2.0 coprocessor. To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3622981/microsoft-surface-devices-cannot-upgrade-to-windows-11.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Jun 26, 2021, 6:20:54 PM


Login to add comment

Other posts in this group

Leaked Windows feature explains why your PC hardware struggles
Mar 22, 2025, 4:50:06 PM | pcworld.com
Nvidia sells hard-to-get RTX GPUs from a ‘food truck’
Mar 22, 2025, 4:50:05 PM | pcworld.com
Cool and quiet: How GIGABYTE’s RX 9070 series cards use premium cooling to push performance
Mar 22, 2025, 12:20:05 PM | pcworld.com
Microsoft’s DirectX update could double ray tracing performance in PC games
Mar 21, 2025, 8:10:05 PM | pcworld.com
Windows 10 users struggle with several problems after March update
Mar 21, 2025, 8:10:04 PM | pcworld.com