What could be causing your laptop to run slowly?
What could be causing your laptop to run slowly?
I'll begin searching for a new laptop. What's unusual is that my desktop runs an i5 CPU, which should support Windows 11, but I can't use it. In contrast, my laptop with a lower-end CPU was permitted to be upgraded.
Just opt for a solid mid-range laptop and it should work fine. Top-end models are also unnecessary and a waste of money, though that’s another matter. Speaking of that, the differences between desktop PC CPUs and their laptop counterparts aren’t as significant as they might appear. The rest mostly revolves around marketing tactics and artificial changes rather than real hardware progress. The TPM-related claims that blocked older CPUs from running Windows 11 by marking them as incompatible are no longer relevant. Nowadays, you can even run Windows 11 on a basic device.
It doesn't matter whether your CPU is an i5, i7 or i9 if it isn't compatible. Microsoft set a limit for CPUs around 2018 and included them in the Windows 11 installer. Much depends on when your i5 was released. I'm writing this on an old i7-4770K that came out in June 2013. It works fine in Windows 10 for browsing the web, but older 4th Generation Intel CPUs aren't officially supported in Windows 11.
My LGA1150 motherboard uses UEFI BIOS, but I'm sure it lacks Secure Boot and doesn't have a TPM header. Likely, a TPM module from 2013 would be version 1.2, and I think Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0. I haven't looked into the specifics of TPM and 11 yet, since I don't plan to purchase one.
A small adjustment using Rufus on the Windows 11 ISO could potentially get the i7-4770K running in 11. Or I might consider a Linux distribution instead. I have other more recent systems that fully meet the requirements.