[Software] The supposed requirements of Windows 12 appear, and it is not good news

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The arrival of Windows 11 has generated a lot of controversy, especially due to the increased requirements to be able to install the system. These incomprehensible requirements have left many users in a situation of planned obsolescence, since they cannot install the system. And if you thought that Windows 12 was going to remedy this and be more permissive, we have bad news.

Without a doubt, one of the most criticized aspects of Windows 11 was the obligation to use a TPM 2.0 chip in the computer. Without this chip, or if it was disabled, it was not possible to install the system. In addition to this chip, the processor and memory requirements, the obligation to use Secure Boot, and even force the use of the Internet to configure Windows were also increased.

Although Windows 11 is only a year and a half old, and Microsoft has not confirmed anything about its successor, there are many indications that it is already working on Windows 12, which will be the successor to this OS. At the moment we do not know anything about this new system beyond the fact that it will be closely related to Cloud PC and Windows 365, as well as that its possible release date will be at the end of 2024, leaving only one year until the end of Windows support. 10.

However, today, by surprise, we have been able to learn of a new leak about the future Microsoft operating system. And, really, it's not very good news.

Windows 12: interim minimum requirements
The well-known Deskmodder portal claims to have received an internal Microsoft leak revealing what would be the possible requirements for the future Windows 12. Many of them will remain the same as in Windows 11, such as the CPU requirement , as well as the obligation to use TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to be able to install the system. The storage, although not mentioned, is probably the same as Windows 11 (ie 64 GB). What still does change is that it requires SSD storage.

What will increase is the RAM of the computer. While Windows 11 went from the 2 GB of Windows 10 to 4 GB of RAM, Windows 12 could ask for 8 GB of RAM. Just double. Also, Microsoft is still deciding whether to make the Pluton security chip mandatory or optional. It is probably the second option, since this chip has started to be sold in 2022 and it would be too abusive a change in order to promote planned obsolescence. But she's already starting to talk about him, which is not good.

 

Will I be able to install Windows 12?
After many years of maintaining the requirements, now Microsoft has decided that it's time to shoot them. Assuming these new leaked requirements are real, the only thing that will be increased is the required RAM, keeping everything else. And 8 GB of memory is not excessive, since any modern PC is the one that comes with it.

In any case, this means that there will be users who were able to upgrade to Windows 11 just, but they will no longer be able to upgrade to Windows 12.

But we don't have to worry. Surely there will be patches that allow us to bypass these restrictions.

 

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