Call it magic, call it true! Windows 11 22H2 is officially in town, with Microsoft having released its first feature update for its newest operating system with the usual fanfare.
And with not too many bugs to worry about, the company has now sped up the rollout.
Everyone is invited as long as they meet the OS system requirements. Redmond is taking care to ensure that this update becomes available to users using a compatible system—that is, machines powered by a supported CPU and security hardware onboard.
Interestingly, back in June, the software titan actually began offering the 22H2 upgrade to users on an unsupported system. However, it quickly cited this as a bug and pulled it down.
But that’s not deterring users who are still rocking these old machines.
As a Reddit user found out, to their absolute delight, their antique machine with an Intel Core i5-580M chip worked fine and dandy on the Windows 11 2022 Update. As you may be aware, this is a very dated 2-core, 4-thread processor that Intel released in 2010.
And as you can see, it runs version 22H2 like a dream:
That’s not to suggest that the performance or security capabilities of this chip are up to the mark, but it is a clear indication that older hardware is perfectly capable of running Windows 11.
Older hardware is shunned by Microsoft, mainly due to security-related reasons.
Then again, even the company itself has been caught running the OS on hardware that it does not officially support.
Of course, the user had to use a few tricks to make the latest version of the operating system play nicely with their device. An app called Rufus was used to bypass the system requirements and disable TPM checks before installing the OS.
Microsoft may not be in the mood to lower the system requirements officially, but third-party developers have paid the bill without much fuss.
