The fact that Microsoft just released a blog titled Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements indicates that it has heard customers. Because it is, and Microsoft is just starting to explain it. That’s not to say that the Windows 11 hardware requirements issue isn’t annoying. You’ll then finish the installation at your convenience. You’ll be able to back up all your sensitive information, and ensure that you download the update over a dependable connection. You know at least that you’ll update to Windows 11 when you feel like it. Rather than find yourself in a position where Windows 11 is forced on you before you’re ready, you should be happy to deal with unclear and seemingly illogical hardware requirements. And it eventually learned to cut it out with the forced upgrades, although some people might still complain online. I can’t think of anything worse than having a Windows update ruin your day. People found their devices upgraded to Windows 10 on their own accord, breaking things in the process, and raking up data overages. That turned out to be a bigger headache than Windows 11 hardware requirements will ever be. It was up to you, the user.īut in reality, Microsoft forced Windows 10 on many, many people. You could choose to upgrade whenever you wanted to do it.

The Redmond-based giant fixed the obnoxious Windows 8 release, gave you Windows 10 for free, and then told you that you had a year to claim the free upgrade. It’s been a few years since Microsoft released Windows 10 to a plethora of supported devices, giving people on previous Windows releases a year to upgrade their machines to the newest operating system for free. Considering the backlash the new Windows 11 hardware requirements is getting, people must have forgotten how annoying Microsoft was about the Windows 10 update.

Windows 10 has ruined my computer