Windows 11 on Pentium 4
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mentions it as a reference for Windows 11's actual CPU requirements and for how screen flicker is edited out of footage.
What it is
Enderman gets Windows 11 running on a Pentium 4 system with a Radeon HD 5870 and 8 GB of DDR2. It explores how an unsupported, ancient CPU can be made to work by using the rare last Pentium 4 variant and a registry flag.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2023 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Cites nordsieck · 2023-02 · on “Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone”
> [this video] I feel a bit vidicated by that video. In the beginning, he basically says that he needed to run the rare last variant of the Pentium IV to get it to work and that most Pentium IVs would be impossible to get it to work. Pretty impressive that it's possible at all, though.
Cites Medox · 2023-03 · on “How they filmed The Last of Us arcade scene”
Not sure for CRT's but TFT flickering can also be edited out afterwards, as seen here after ~22:40: [this video]
Cites toasteros · 2023-08 · on “New Windows updates cause UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR blue screens”
Indeed no pitchforks, but I can see where some concern has come from. On the release of Windows 11 it was stated that only newer Intel and AMD generations were to be officially supported and while workarounds are built in (literally a registry flag in the installer) to install on even a Pentium 4 [1], they came with a warning from Microsoft that installations in such environments "may not receive updates". Is it therefore possible that this bug check is being implemented as part of the journey towards actually dropping "support" for these CPUs? Indeed, it's a preview release, and the Insider program is amazing for getting insight into Windows development and it shouldn't be held up to the sa