One of the primary points of posting this thread was to let people know that most capable computers can run Windows 11 just fine whether or not Microsoft has blessed them. It is very easy to get around Microsoft's blessing. Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2021. From that time there have been constant rumors that Microsoft was going to stop allowing computers that didn't meet the minimum requirements to take updates. It essentially just hasn't happened.
The latest shock headlines were about computers that didn't have at least TPM 1.2 weren't going to work if they took the latest update. TPM 1.2 came out in 2009. If your computer was released 15 years ago... it might be time to think about getting a newer one.
First you reasoning is nonsense. The criteria is not in how old it is but if it can still meet demand. An I 7 processor can take almost anything thrown at it. Especially any windows software. And they were still being sold a lot less than 10 years ago.