Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11 - ***UPDATED 6/28***

While we recommend that all PCs meet the full hardware requirements for Windows 11, we are allowing some limited exceptions as we apply these new restrictions. All Windows Insiders who have already been installing builds from the Dev Channel on their PCsup through June 24, 2021 will be allowed to continue installing Windows 11 Insider Preview builds even if their PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements. Insiders with PCs already in the Dev Channel have been installing and giving feedback on builds with Windows 11 features since last year. Our way of saying thanks is to go ahead and give them the opportunity to see everything come together. However, this comes with some important tradeoffs we want to call attention to:

• Because these devices do not meet the new hardware requirements, there may be issues and bugs that impact the experience of Windows 11 on these PCs that may not get fixed.
• If at any point something goes wrong on one of these PCs that requires having to go back to Windows 10, you can use the media creation tool here to go back to the Windows 10. These PCs will not be given another exception and not allowed to upgrade to Windows 11 Insider Preview builds again. They will be treated as a new PC and the minimum hardware requirements will be enforced as highlighted above.
• Once Windows 11 is generally available, these PCs will be opted out of flighting and will not be able to receive future Windows 11 Insider Preview builds. These PCs must clean install back to Windows 10 with the media (ISOs) that we provide and can then join the Release Preview Channel to preview Windows 10 updates.

Unfortunally Yes. Microsoft has expressed it directly on its page. While it is a correct cautionary measure, it is extremely irritating that we come across this. In other words, I can test an "insider" version on my PC, but then I will have to go back to Windows 10. I would not understand the sense of testing an Operating System on a machine, indicating its faults and then I am punished by "forcing" me to go back to it. older version, because I can't use it anymore. It is unusual. You can not believe that something works and then I am forced not to use it, but it is clarified that it is free as an update ... I honestly do not think they are thinking correctly what they are saying.

However I still think we can stay on the GA version of Windows 11 when it launches, just we won't be able to be in the Insider Program with the hardware Microsoft has deemed unworthy :(

Whether we will then get normal windows update updates whilst on the GA version is unclear, other versions of Windows always had minimum requirements, but unsupported hardware always found a way ;)

I have a Dell computer with an 8th generation I7 from 2017 and the PC check tool says that it can run Windows 11.  I have an Macbook Pro from 2020 with a 10th generation I7 with the same amount of ram as the Dell computer from earlier in this post.  I am currently running Windows 10 pro via Bootcamp and when I run the PC check tool on the Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro, it says Windows 11 can't run on this machine.  I am really confused as to why that would be the case.  Any information you can provide me would be greatly appreciated.

I totally agree with you. I think I understand the same as you, hence my answer to the previous user. It would be implausible if we tried Windows 11 and then were forced to go back to Windows 10. At this point, I must admit that what you say sounds very logical and coherent to me, my friend.