Windows 10 users will be able to get a free upgrade to Windows 11 on Tuesday. However, your computer’s capacity to run Microsoft’s newest operating system is primarily determined by its age and processor type.
Digital Trends Managing Editor Nick Mokey told ABC Audio, “It’s a tiny chip the size of your fingernail that resides on the motherboard, sometimes it’s on the CPU.” “It’s there for security reasons, and Microsoft has a solid justification for wanting it.”
The release of Windows 11 coincides with an increase in ransomware assaults. Some of these assaults, such as the SolarWinds breach, targeted Microsoft code explicitly.
The TPM chip is more likely to be found in newer laptops, according to Mokey.
Mokey suggests utilizing Microsoft’s “PC Health Check” program to see if your computer is capable of running Windows 11.
“It just takes a few seconds to download, it runs on your PC, looks at the requirements, and tells you whether or not you can run Windows 11,” he explained.
Windows 11 also includes a number of non-security upgrades for PC users. The start menu has been relocated from the bottom left corner to the bottom center of the home screen by Microsoft (though the system also gives users the option to move it back to the traditional location). And, according to Mokey, that’s just the beginning of the new OS’s design changes.
He also mentions that Windows 11 has certain under-the-hood modifications.
“Microsoft has also said that performance would be improved. So that implies greater battery life, better security… and there are really some performance benefits for gamers in there as well “Mokey said.
The ability to run Android apps on the desktop is one of the more talked-about features of Windows 11. Users would be able to download and operate programs like TikTok through the Microsoft Store, but only in the short term.
Microsoft hasn’t stated when Windows 11 will get the functionality.