Microsoft also offers Windows 11 on systems with incompatible hardware

Microsoft seems to have mixed up some mess with the matter of updates to Windows 11 for users still stuck on Windows 10: the extreme synthesis is that it is proposing, via full-screen prompts which are not extremely intuitive to close, the switching to the new operating system even on systems that do not meet the minimum hardware requirements. The prompt says that the system is “now compatible” and in a subsequent screen even “Microsoft recommends” Windows 11, but later the procedure ends with an error for unsupported hardware.

The prompt, we said, is clearly designed to make the upgrade the easiest and most immediate option for the user; it takes a few seconds of attention (attention which, as we know, is a very precious and elusive matter when it comes to the relationship with technology) to notice the small print “stay with Windows 10” in the lower right cornerwhile the buttons to start the installation and program it are big and centrally located.

Recall that Microsoft has made somewhat unpopular choices regarding the hardware supported in Windows 11, above all limiting the compatibility of processors to the most recent generations, in the name of security. For performance a dual core CPU with an operating frequency of 1 GHz, 64 GB of internal memory and 4 GB of RAM is enough, but the prompt was also shown on a virtual machine with only two GB of RAM and 60 GB of storage.

In short, these banners have the potential to piss off quite a few users: first of all the one who is just trying to access his desktop to carry out his regular activities, then who was hoping to finally have the possibility to abandon Windows 10 in a “regular” and simple way. Fortunately there are alternative procedures, not overly complicated.