I can consider myself lucky that I managed to install Windows 11 (Insider Preview) On MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid. 2012), without using any hack. I just installed it initially Windows 10 through Boot Camp Assistant, then I easily managed to upgrade to Windows 11. So you can install Windows 11 on Mac?
Installation Windows 11 on Mac it won't be that simple when Micorsoft launches Windows 11 for the general public, and most users wonder "how we will install Windows 11 on Mac?".
Why can't it be installed Windows 11 on Mac / Intel (Theoretical)
As we know, Apple provides installation support Windows on Mac via Boot Camp Assistant. A utility that allows installation Windows in dual-boot, totally independent of the operating system macOS, but with drivers optimized for typical computer hardware architecture Mac. As a parenthesis, on a Mac you can't have it installed alone Windows, even if, as I said, it is independent. It must be macOS.
In older versions of Windows (inclusive Windows 10), users knew that they could be installed without problems on older computers and laptops, on which they had previously run Windows 7, Windows 8 or even Windows Vista or XP. With the launch Windows 11, Microsoft restricts a lot modelele computers on which the new operating system can be installed and places greater emphasis on the security of user data by introducing ca hardware requirements TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot (UEFI).
In addition, Windows 11 can only be installed on a computer with at least 1GHz architecture 64-bit, 4 GB RAM, graphic support for DirectX 12 si 64 GB minimum free on storage space.
Regarding the installation Windows on Mac, there are two factors that will do impossible to install Windows 11 on a Mac. Hardware and Firmware.
First of all, it will never be possible to install natively Windows (any version) on a Mac with M1 chip or any other generation of chip Apple silicone. Operating systems Windows are designed for Intel or AMD processor architecture.
Users who Mac or MacBook with Intel processors (be they of the newer generation), they will still be able to install on them Windows 10, but the hardware requirements of Windows 11 will not be borne by them. And here we are primarily referring to TPM - Trusted Platform Module - a chip for controlling and storing cryptographic keys, for which Apple does not provide support. No matter how new it is Mac (Intel), it will not support the TPM 2.0 standard, which it does incompatible with Windows 11.
Apple could take a step back and come up with a firmware upgrade to enable support for TPM 2.0, this is still unlikely to happen, given that Apple Quickly give up Intel processors on Mac, MacBook and iMac, in favor of their own chips (M1, currently) Apple silicone.
Especially since Apple to somehow allow the operating system Windows an alternative through the security subsystem Secure Enclave.
Users who managed to install Windows 11 on Mac will continue to benefit from this operating system until it is released to the general public, then it will need to switch back to Windows 10.
Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. Your device may continue to receive Insider Preview build until Windows 11 is generally available, at which time it is recommended to clean install to Windows 10.
For many users of Mac I don't think it's a big tragedy Windows 11 will not be present on Mac, but for many owners of computers and laptops bought after 2018 for not negligible amounts, which do not support TPM 2.0 and do not meet the hardware requirements of Windows 11. Many HP laptops are in this situation, but the problem also occurs with Asus, Acer and Lenovo.
