How Successful Would A Windows 11 Upgrade Be On This PC

There are tools you can use to check for compatibility, both MS's and 3rd party tools.
There are lists you can use to check for CPU compatibility.

These have been widely posted.

https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/wind...cations#table1

Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements and the PC Health Check app | Windows Insider Blog

Not sure if your PC is compatible with Windows 11? Here's how to check - CNET

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors

Preparation?
As for any upgrade- make sure you have a current disk image of your system disk before attempting the upgrade- just in case.

Get this tool... it's the easiest.
Releases . rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11 . GitHub
Just scroll down and download WhyNotWin11.exe
It's portable, no install necessary. Just run the tool.

It looks like this...







As for your computer... technically, it's not compatible with Win 11.
But there are workarounds if you really want to install Win 11.

Windows 11 Forum

Well, I have an AMD-10 laptop and did not meet requirements - no TPM and CPU not supported.

I rather doubt an AMD-8 meets the criterion.

trembuzz said:

Just wondering if someone can tell me how successful a windows 11 upgrade would be on this PC and how to prepare it for the attempt?

Your AMD A8-4500M is not a supported processor for Windows 11. With the various workarounds you'll find over on Eleven Forum it would be possible to upgrade to windows 11. It's not the fastest processor around, but should be up to the job of running Windows 11, the demands of W11 are no more than those of W10. It should run W11 at least as well as it now runs W10.

Having said that, you would be running W11 on an unsupported device. There is a risk that at some time in the future MS may stop providing updates to unsupported installs. The exact wording of the relevant statement from Microsoft is that "Devices that do not meet these system requirements will no longer be guaranteed to receive updates, including but not limited to security updates" (my bold). While MS haven't withheld updates yet the possibility exists that they may do so, perhaps if they want to start using code that only supported processors can handle.

If this is your main PC then I would recommend staying with Windows 10, it remains in full support until October 2025. I do run W11 on one unsupported machine, but it's purely as a test and I'm prepared to wipe it and reinstall W10 should the need arise. My main machine runs W11, but that one does meet all the system requirements.