[Software] Windows 11 would arrive in October according to Intel drivers

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Intel has offered another hint that Microsoft plans to release Windows 11 in October. Windows Latest reported that Intel referred to Windows 11 as the "October 2021 Update (21H2)" in the DCH GPU Driver Release Notes 30.0.100.9684.

 

That naming convention follows the same pattern as major Windows 10 updates, and the Windows 10 May 2021 update is also known as version 21H1, for example. Intel also clarified that it was not referring to an upcoming version of Windows 10 by identifying the operating system as "Microsoft Windows 11-64."

Windows 11 would come out in October, with some Windows 10 update in between

Microsoft could still release a notable update for Windows 10 in the second half of the year, of course, but Intel was specifically targeting Windows 11 with this driver update. There have been other signs that Microsoft plans to release Windows 11 in October, even though it is officially scheduled to launch over the holidays.

 

Various widgets, messages, and user interface elements in the company's promotional materials refer to October. That's an Easter egg or an April Fool’s joke.

 

However, not many people will be able to use Windows 11 at launch. Microsoft's Windows 11 requirements exclude many PCs with pre-2016 CPUs. Microsoft has said on Twitter that even Windows 10 devices capable of installing the update would have to wait to use it anyway because it won't start rolling out on their devices until the beginning of 2022. Everything indicates that the launch of Windows 11, possibly in October, will be something staggered and not something massive. They may do it to see how it adapts in different configurations and that way it gives the least amount of problems since the launch of Windows 11 is a very important one for the company if they want billions of systems to be updated.