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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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kdanzig
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Nov 19, 2021

Sixpiece 

have 2 MacBook Pro's with 7700HQ running Monterey and BigSur wasn't as big deal as I worried...  BigSur ran a lot better than Catalina

 

have VMware Fusion 12 on both and that's my dead-end with WIn-11 so I guess I'll need to eventually drop WIndows apps for the apps I haven't wanted to buy for Mac or just am used to, and look to Linux more deeply.

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Sixpiece
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Nov 19, 2021
Or you could just run Windows 10. I believe when you use fusion your processor is emulated to that of another, it might be worth checking with vmware…

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