Upgrading to Windows 11? Don’t Skip Past Hardware Requirements!
Windows 11 Upgrade Hardware Requirements Windows 11 is a massive upgrade over Windows 10, and for most businesses, the answer to the question of “should we upgrade?” is an emphatic yes . We’ll get to why, but first we need to talk about why we can’t just say a blanket “yes”: in a few important situations, upgrading could create big problems. Here’s what you need to know. Windows 11 and Hardware Requirements Every new piece of software or operating system upgrade comes with some system requirements: you need this amount of storage, that amount of RAM, and a certain level of processor. Windows 11 is no different — except the requirements found with Windows 11 are more precise and exacting. Windows 11 has some very specific hardware requirements related to digital security. In fact, when Windows 11 was first released, you couldn’t even install it on machines that didn’t have certain hardware features. These days, there are ways to ignore these requirements and upgrade anyway, but watch ou...