
The driver gets automatically updated and supported with the compatible CPUs discussed above.


(See feature-specific tests for “Snap” layouts). However, it’s recommended to go for a 1080p (1920×1080 pixels) full-HD resolution instead of 720p. It never hurts to be absolutely sure, though. You can leave Windows 10-which still gets OS and security updates through 2025-for Windows 11 on your PC and risk never getting any updates at all.For most devices manufactured in the last seven to eight years, finding a Windows 11-compliant resolution is not going to be an issue. That means, Microsoft added, that unsupported Windows PCs might not include security and driver updates, either.”

That’s because after telling everyone that older PC hardware wasn’t doomed if you manually install Windows 11, the company said those same “unsupported” PCs won’t be getting updates.Īs our news story covering it said: “But Microsoft said Friday evening that unsupported PCs running Windows 11 won’t be entitled to receive updates via Windows Update. It’s why most experts expected Microsoft to back down (I didn’t)-and it seemingly did last Friday.īut it turns out Microsoft didn’t truly back down, and in an amazing fumble worthy of being captured on high-speed camera and replayed for generations, it may have made the whole mess even worse.
