Microsoft to warn if your Windows 11 PC doesn't meet system requirements for AI Explorer


by Neowin

Neowin— Microsoft is looking to display a system requirements cautionary message on Windows 11 24H2 PCs for when such a PC fails to meet the requirements for the upcoming AI-powered File Explorer.

Neowin—Microsoft raising Windows 11 24H2 system requirement to block CPUs without SSE4.2 and PopCnt. Microsoft recently added a compatibility block wherein very old unsupported CPUs like Intel's Core 2 Duo, are no longer able to bypass Windows 11 system requirements during version 24H2 setup.

Neowin—More details about AI Explorer in Windows 11 emerge ahead of public announcement. The rumored "AI Explorer" should steal the show at the Surface and Windows event on May 20. While we wait for the official announcement, a new report is revealing more details about the feature.

TechRadar—Microsoft should accept that it's time to give up on Windows 11 and throw everything at Windows 12. With Windows 11 declining in market share yet again, the time may be for Microsoft to give up and launch its successor — Windows 12 — instead.