


There's also a new Chat app built right into the Taskbar, which lets you share files, text, and video with friends, family, or colleagues via Microsoft Teams for consumers. Source: Microsoft (Image credit: Source: Microsoft) The same goes for RAM, being bumped from 2GB to 4GB. Microsoft has also increased the required drive storage to 64GB, up from 16GB with Windows 10. Windows 11 also requires a display size of at least 9 inches, meaning we won't be seeing any phones or mini 8-inch tablets with Windows 11. Most notably, Microsoft's Surface Studio 2 will officially support Windows 11.

This means if you have a CPU older than 8th Gen Intel, you likely won't be able to officially run Windows 11 when it's released later this year.įollowing further consideration by Microsoft, the list of officially supported CPUs was updated to include some Intel 7th Gen chips. Microsoft is also limiting officially supported Windows 11 PCs to those on Intel 8th-generation (or equivalent) and above. Microsoft is not releasing a 32-bit version of the OS, although 32-bit apps will continue to work just fine. One of the biggest changes to Windows' system requirements with Windows 11 is that the OS is now only available on 64-bit processors. DirectX 12 compatible graphics/WWDM 2.x.A modern 1GHz 64-bit dual-core processor.The minimum system requirements are as follows:
