Windows 10: I have laptop 11 gen i5 Windows 11 Home - if upgrading to 11 Pro

I have recently purchased a laptop 11-gen i5, 16GBRam, 512GB NVMe/SSD 11 Home - if upgrading to 11 Pro, support say me voids the warranty...I plan use it as Web Development freelance work this laptop ...What are the limits of Windows 11 Home vs Pro... ?Can I use Hyper-V? Can I use Vmware Workstation Player Pro or Oracle VirtualBox? Can I connect with this Laptop to my home PC via Remote Desktop? After warranty expired can i upgrade to 11 Pro or upgrade from now?

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can i run windows 11 on my i5 4th gen laptop

Hello Khizer,

Good day! I'm John and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

I'm sorry, i5 4th gen is not on the list of Windows 11 supported Intel processors.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa...

The minimum system requirements for Windows 11 are at least 8th Gen processors (except for very few 7th Gen processors). This is to meet Microsoft principles about security and reliability.

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/...

There has been no new announcement from Microsoft yet if they plan to add more processors to the list. You may need to consider using Windows 10 as it continues to be a great version of Windows. Microsoft is committed to supporting Windows 10 until October 14, 2025.

Stay safe and have a great weekend.

Kind regards,



Independent Advisor

 

Windows 11 Pro Upgrade from Windows 10 Pro Edition

No but after it installed the malfunctioning Windows 11 upgrade it was listed as Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft Windows support advised I reinstall Windows 10 Pro and said that Windows 11 is really only meant for new PC's that come with it preinstalled. MSI website doesn't list my 2020 GT76 Titan dt-039 notebook on their Windows 11 upgrade eligibility list so I guess that's why the Windows 11 Pro upgrade failed. I suggest being careful with trying the Windows 11 upgrade despite it stating my notebook was capable of running Windows 11 it was wrong. Luckily I have the original Windows 10 Pro USB Flash drive because the Windows 11 Pro upgrade was so incomplete I had no way of reverting notebook back to Windows 10 without reinstalling from a USB Flash.

 

Upgrading to windows 11

I have a few questions about windows 11...

1. How many GB it is? when my pc suggested the upgrade yesterday, it said it's about 4GB just want to be sure.
   
2. I'm using a windows 10 pro so if I upgrade, will it upgrade to a windows 11 pro?