Here's a report from one who knows. It's been snipped.

"This "What's next for Windows" event was, without question, the worst I 
have ever seen. That doesn't make sense; if Windows 11 is so 
significant, so new, so fresh, where are the marching bands and 
fireworks? Microsoft never comes close to the Hollywood polish of Apple, 
but it has done far better in the past.

My conclusion is that Microsoft did not want to do this event at this 
time but was forced to do so ...

... From all the other presenters, I got next to nothing — except for 
what I think might have been a tiny slip (or was it?) from Steve 
Dispensa when he mentioned "device hardware readiness." Turns out that's 
big. ...

... The "readiness" phrase set off sirens and red flashing lights in my 
head...

... Hardware turns out to be a huge deal or a huge deal-breaker, 
depending upon your perspective...

...There are three key hardware requirements from this morass of 
information:

     Windows 11 requires a 64-bit CPU;
     Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0;
     Windows 11 requires at least an eighth-generation Intel processor 
or an AMD processor from no earlier than 2019...

...I was totally confused about the part of the presentation that 
discussed application compatibility between Windows 10 and Windows 11. 
What caught my attention was the note that most apps would be 
compatible. Stated another way, some apps will not be compatible.

I don't know. Perhaps there is something significant in that, compelling 
enough that Microsoft felt it needed to be noted. We'll try to find out 
more. Hopefully we'll be able to test an insider build of Windows 11 by, 
um, let's see now, well, real soon.

One thing not mentioned during the event was the removal of some Windows 
10 features...

...There is one part of all this that rings true and may well be the 
entire underlying reason for the incremented version number — security...

...Microsoft could have had Nadella trot out and say "security is 
everything." Instead, we got hype, platitudes, and attempted muzzles."

I agree with the author. Security. Microsoft is ramping up security in 
the Windows ecosystem. It has to. 30 year old x86 programs, in my 
opinion, won't be deemed to be secure enough to be allowed to run on the 
platform. I predict the only way you'll be able to run Paradox is in a 
sandboxed local cloud or hybrid VM running an older version of Windows.

Hopefully MS will extend support for Win10 beyond 2025.

I may be wrong. This time I don't think so.


On 28/06/2021 6:23 pm, Günter wrote:
> i don't believe this, µS will not end X86 Pgms. What you find?
> 
> Günter
> 
> Am 28.06.2021 um 10:11 schrieb Tom Krieg:
>> My reading of the Windows 11 announcement (and the hardware 
>> requirements to run it) is that Paradox probably won't install or run 
>> under Windows 11. So anyone still running a Paradox application  in 
>> their business should look to move to a newer platform before 2025. 4 
>> years is plenty of time to prepare.