You should have 12 or 16GB if you load many programs and or web pages, which many today make around 200 network requests (as does the CNET page, and 557 after 10 minutes) in loading the page in the first minute or so (FR makes 3). But switching to a SSD drive for your OS is the cheapest way to increase speed.
"Hope it works but I have to wait for the MS app that examines it for the upgrade, I reckon."
This PC, with 32GB RAM, a Ryzen 3200G 4.0 GHZ CPU does not qualify yet since W/11 requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 is also required to run Windows 11. . Download Microsoft's PC Health Check here
However, Tom's Guide informs us that,
After initially claiming that Windows 11 won't work on a PC without a TPM 2.0 (or Trusted Platform Module), Microsoft has now confirmed to Tom's Guide that the OS actually requires only the older, much more common TPM 1.2 module — but also that if you install Windows 11 on a machine without a TPM 2.0 chip, you'll be taking a risk.
According to the latest reporting and what we've heard directly from Microsoft, you can indeed install Windows 11 on older PCs that don't meet the Windows 11 system requirements. On those machines, Windows 11 will run in an "unsupported state" that may cause you to miss out on important security fixes and Windows updates.
It has the TPM 2 but the processor isn’t on the dang compatibility list.
It was a $75 FB market place buy so I was fine with experimenting on it.
The other laptops not so much.
Rats.
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