I don't think it fits. And MS has been trying to get the version, whatever it may be, expunged from the Web. DMCA invocations.

Turns out that Win 11 currently only officially supports Intel Generation 8 CPUs and later. Bummer.

The laptop otherwise supports all requirements, including TPM 2.0 (in firmware; no module).

For reasons that are unclear to me, the Lenovo laptop is incompatible. It may be the CPU, which is an I3-6100U. Official Windows 11 requirements have arrived: Here are the compatible Qualcomm, AMD,...

...and the Lenovo laptop has the Intel equivalent firmware TPM. Haven't checked whether it's TPM 2.0 compatible yet.

I'll be interested in hearing Microsoft's rationale for the TPM 2.0...

It lacks a socket for a hardware TPM? What's its motherboard?

Direct link to a Microsoft page that lists the requirements: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11 I'd thought that the TPM 2.0 requirement was an error, but I was mistaken. Yikes.
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Maybe not so much. My last employer's IT department used a standardized, scripted installation. They might be perfectly happy to blow away an old Windows 10 setup and replace it.

About 2-3 years...

Spinal Tap - "These go to eleven...." - YouTube

("This is Spinal Tap")

Did you use the old one (left over from Windows 7)? I never tried it.

This is more clickbait than credible news story, but...

Microsoft accidentally leaks the name of its next operating system -- and it isn't Windows 11

The claim is that Microsoft could be going...

I have been spared most of the bugs that others have complained about. It's better to be lucky than smart.

If MS can produce a version of Settings that that preserves the functionality of Settings...

MS didn't charge for upgrades from Windows 7 or 8 to 10. Do you think they'd charge for the next upgrade? (Not a rhetorical question.)

I have feared that MS might go to a subscription model for...

My understanding is that the functionality of the Control Panel will be kept, but the split between Settings and the Control Panel will be eliminated.

I have wondered how many people found it...