Whomever authors these articles are morons.
I have an eight year old dell laptop that runs the latest MS Creators Update just fine.
Great! Microsoft isn't saying that ALL older machines WILL have trouble, only that SOME older machines MAY have trouble, and that it's worth being cautious and waiting for them to vet the new release before everyone grabs it unvetted.
> Whomever authors these articles are morons.
Well, they're British, and easily excitable. But I don't think anything in the article is untrue. What did you find that was false?