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Jeronimo2440
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Oct 04, 2021

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

Hi, I have an i7-7700K. This CPU have TPM 2.0, It's compatible with Secure Boot, it have 4 core up to 4.2 GHz. It also is 64bit.  I don't know why this CPU is not supported by Microsoft to install W...
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Sixpiece
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Oct 24, 2021
It was a test/experiment that I believe I showed that the production date is not necessarily the same as the date of delivery to the customer and that often it could be 2-3 years before it reaches the customers hands as a brand new top of the line product especially on prebuilds. I showed this to be the case even with Microsoft’s own store and used some of their top vendors based on what appeared to be the hottest and most recommended products for sale. The results could have swayed any which way at first with Best Buy USA shop, it appeared as production date and the date of sale by retailer to customer, time to market may have been close after further investigation with all possible resellers we see that the time to market and production date was mostly separated by 2-3 years… thus showing that in the case of the i7 7700k we see that many may have not had their computer for more than two years, some may have purchased from a major retailer based on their recommendation within as little as a single year and are already facing obsolescence…
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nbelley
Brass Contributor
Oct 24, 2021
Man, are you OK? This has NOTHING to do with the subject at hand, you've been talking alone for like 3 pages, answering your own posts in a subject other people are interested in hearing MS answer, not someone posting weird shit that makes no sense... please relax and go do something else.
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    SimonRowell
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 25, 2021
    I agree - he spends too much time defending Microsloth and his beliefs of why the company has made a stupid decision. Maybe his mom works there.
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    Sixpiece
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 24, 2021
    I’m not sure to say Microsoft has never done something like this in 40 years… Microsoft has done a lot of things… are you are trying to suggest that the operating systems that were built over the years did not have system requirements? They have drawn the line at the i7 7700k and are not supporting this processor with the Windows 11 release.
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    nbelley
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 24, 2021
    You have a big comprehension problem, Microsoft has NEVER in almost 40 years did something like that. When an OS supports a minimum speed and an architecture type, they never require anything else. It's the first time MS has ever done an arbitrary cutoff like that. It makes NO sense.

    You can confort yourself that you're so cool you know people at Microsoft, it still wont help your comprehension of this issue. This thread shows there is a problem and MS has not addressed it.

    I sure hope you'll learn with experience in life to read and understand issues besides spewing useless things in a thread about an arbitrary cutoff of random CPUs.
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    Sixpiece
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 24, 2021

    Yes, if you do not want to hear from the Microsoft community, please contact Microsoft yourself. Do not complain as I have been polite to you and have not complained about your ignorance. Also, further all my replies have helped to give a most comprehensive answer to the solution something I find interesting and would even like to answer and resolve for myself. Many of my friends are seniors at Microsoft, I know many people who have had high roles within the company and have contributed to the development of the Microsoft community. Some of the answers are blunt, not disguised and honest, rather than hide any facts it’s important to consider all the possible themes in the decision. As well your point of just looking at the TPM module is really insufficient maybe Microsoft wants to guarantee a certain standard of achievement with Windows 11 that the I7 7700k cannot achieve. TPM 2.0 is since 2006 so the idea that Windows 11 must include all computer models made from 2006 seems erroneous, I don’t think your argument is well founded. Maybe you should suck it up and not be so bitter towards the rest of us.

     

    The link shows TPM 2.0 from 2006… https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TPM-Rev-2.0-Part-4-Supporting-Routines-00.96-130315-code.pdf

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