If you are already flighting Insider Preview builds, please take a look at the below chart to understand your PC’s eligibility for Windows 11 Insider Preview builds. If you are already flighting Insider Preview builds: We invite PCs that do not meet the new hardware requirements for Windows 11 to join the Release Preview Channel to preview updates for Windows 10. Welcome! After registering for the Windows Insider Program on the web or directly via Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program, opt-in your PC to flight Insider Preview builds via Settings and it will guide you through what options are available based on the hardware specifications for your PC. If you are new to flighting Insider Preview builds: This blog post will outline what this means for Insiders new to flighting as well as Insiders who have already been flighting Insider Preview builds. As a result, Windows 11 has updated hardware requirements which will be reflected in the Windows Insider Program. For Windows to move forward and take better advantage of the latest innovations, we need to update the baseline system requirements for modern PCs. Since launching Windows 10 six years ago, a lot of hardware innovation has happened in the PC space.

However ahead of that release – we wanted to let Insiders know of a few changes we are making to how they will receive Windows 11 Insider Preview builds going forward. Today, we unveiled Windows 11 to the world, and we know Windows Insiders are super excited to get their hands on it! As Panos mentions here, we plan to release the first Insider Preview build for Windows 11 next week. UPDATE 6/28 at 12:30pm PDT: See this blog post on an update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements.

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