The i7-7700K meet the minimun requierments to run Win11. But its not suported, Why?

well... been hesitating purchasing a new macbook for a while, having purchased a quad core PC that isn't compatible with Windows 11 kind of clinches it.  Tired of failed updates and the crappy ms store.  at least it runs Steam/Epic well.

codiac Agreed. It's time for Microsoft to consider modifying their customer strategy on this topic.  This processor seems to be the largest outlier. While some may try and argue that 6th Gen should work, that seems like a step too far. Even if only this specific processor was added it would quell those with multi-thousand dollar builds that are MORE than capable of running Windows 11, have TPM support and meet all of the specifications except for the processor specific callout. It's simply not good business and starts Microsoft down an old path that should be avoided given the immense lessons learned about this sort of strategy. Don't game your customers. Microsoft should Accept that the approach has flaws, fix it and let's all move forward.