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Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements


File Explorer, Copilot and DirectX are some of Windows 11's functions that will use AI

Interestingly, the software giant added this check since the Windows 11 24H2 will not boot without these instruction sets, according to a previous report. Though speculative, one would wonder if the company has this extra step in case someone uses bypasses to force the OS to boot with an unsupported CPU. We'll simply have to see how the user experience is with the upcoming update, and how flexible Microsoft is willing to be with the wide variety of CPUs and other components in use today.

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