Have they ever lowered the specs you need to install Windows 11? Only one of my laptops can install it the rest are limited to W10
No. I would consider Linux.
IF my understanding is correct, Win 11 would itself have to be heavily modified to run on a machine as far back as a typical Win 7 machine.
I have the same situation. My security camera network server is a laptop with Windows 7 and I have no plans to upgrade the hardware. Fortunately, it already has a Windows 7 version of Brave from way back (2.47.186).