This really pisses me off, but because Windows 11 is not significantly different from Windows 10. I’m running Windows 10 on decades-old hardware designed for Win7.

Sure, its a bit pokey, but most of the bottleneck is HDD technology.

DDR2 throughput is about 8GB/s. SATA III is 600 Mb/s

Just installing a SSD and having 8 GB of memory is enough for the average office worker who has a browser, mail, PDF, and productivity suite.

Anything released in the past 6 years should be sufficient for this.

My bet, hands down, is that they are betting hard on AI.