Yes, but apparently, reading comments on the MS forum, MS has relented on their oh-so-stringent requirements for Windows 11. Looks like now they will accept TPM 1.2 or 1.3, or whatever the version before TPM 2.0, the same not-so-difficult other hardware requirements as before, and therefore a broader set of CPU generations. For example, I think that now, users with 4th generation Intel Core processors can successfully upgrade to Windows 11.
Not much advertised, but it might be worth a shot, if you have one of these older machines.
Of course, that begs the question why the h___ MS felt obliged to be such a pain in the ASCII about this in the first place. My guess has always been, force people to buy new PCs because that will force them to buy a new Windows package. It would have been better to just charge people some nominal fee for the upgrade, for heaven's sake.
https://woshub.com/upgrade-to-windows-11...ported-pc/
(I've been using Windows 11 ever since it was in beta testing for Insiders, and it's really pretty good. I have absolutely no nostalgic attachment to Windows 10 or any previous version.)
Not much advertised, but it might be worth a shot, if you have one of these older machines.
Of course, that begs the question why the h___ MS felt obliged to be such a pain in the ASCII about this in the first place. My guess has always been, force people to buy new PCs because that will force them to buy a new Windows package. It would have been better to just charge people some nominal fee for the upgrade, for heaven's sake.
https://woshub.com/upgrade-to-windows-11...ported-pc/
(I've been using Windows 11 ever since it was in beta testing for Insiders, and it's really pretty good. I have absolutely no nostalgic attachment to Windows 10 or any previous version.)