When Microsoft
announced Windows 11 in June of 2021, it was greeted with mixed reactions by the tech press. Some outlets
praised the round corners and modern design elements, while others conjectured that visual elements from the remains of Windows 10x had simply been transplanted onto a stable, familiar base. All the while, Microsoft had been gaining a loyal following with what was
purported to be last version on Windows.
Windows, like Arch Linux, had essentially become a rolling release. That all changed with the announcement of the Surface Pro 8, Surface Go 3, and
Surface Laptop Studio.
The road has been long for many users, mired with controversy
regarding TPM 2.0, AMD Ryzen performance pitfalls, and more. We are a full two months into the official release of Windows 11, but driver support for Microsoft's Surface line of devices listed on the
official compatibility list is still incomplete.
Counting AMD and Intel variants of the Surface Laptop and the 2021 lineup of new hardware, there are 16 base Surface configurations that support Windows 11. Five of them still don’t have a Windows 11 driver package two months after release. They are as follows:
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