Windows 10 was released to the public over 6 years ago, bringing a redesign from the bottom up. With it came increased security, a built-in digital assistant, and a universal platform for a consistent experience apps on phones, tablets, laptops and PCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, Microsoft described Windows 10 as the last version of Windows(Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 ‘the last version of Windows’ – The Verge<\/a>)<\/sup>, and committed to updating this Windows every 6 months to bring new features (alongside monthly bug fix updates). Since then, we’ve seen 11 “feature upgrades”, which have been incrementally fixing, and introducing bugs for Windows 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a completely unexpected move (if I said this in person, it would be dripping with sarcasm), Microsoft announced Windows 11 on June 24th 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new requirements compared to Windows 10 include a TPM 2.0 module and the requirement of a relatively new processor (mid-2017). These are required by Windows 11 to introduce a new security baseline for any machine. Understandably, this has caused an uproar in the tech community, due to unexpected new costs and labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time of writing, it’s difficult to tell whether you will need to have a new PC (or some of it replaced with newer parts) to upgrade to Windows 11. Microsoft have backtracked somewhat on their initial requirement for newer processors, and the ability to beta-test Windows 11 on older hardware, with the caveat that these will not qualify when the product goes live. As such, it’s unclear whether Microsoft is likely to relax any of these requirements further, or maybe even change them to “suggestions” instead of requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the current advice, we expect most<\/strong> of our customers to bring their devices into the store to be evaluated for upgradability to Windows 11. We also expect most<\/strong> of our customers to need to bring their devices into store to be prepared to be upgraded for Windows 11. This is nothing new, and was the same process we used to upgrade customer’s devices to Windows 10. We expect some<\/strong> of our customers to need a physical upgrade of their computer parts, and some of these will need to be complete replacements. If you have had a device new from us in the last couple years, this is likely to be eligible for upgrade without physical intervention, but we may need to see it to be sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A short history of Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 was released to the public over 6 years ago, bringing a redesign from the bottom up. With it came increased security, a built-in digital assistant, and a universal platform for a consistent experience apps on phones, tablets, laptops and PCs. 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Requirements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
What’s new?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Do I need to replace my PC?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n