Yet I managed to override those "restrictions".
I did that just because I can
My 10 year old Aspire is currently running Windows 11. Since it is a testing machine, I probably go back to Windows 10 though (thanks to easy image restore by Clonezilla).
For those of you still interested in Windows 11, I found a very interesting app to test the system upgrade eligibility:
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This is the result of WhyNotWin11 on 10 year old Aspire [which is running Windows 11].