XPS 8700, i7-4770 CPU, not supported for Windows 11

I have an older Dell XPS8700 that runs great. Especially with the upgrades I did over the years like SSD Drive, expanded RAM, etc. Below are the current Specifications. 

System Model XPS 8700

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Version 22H2 10.0.19045 Build 19045

 

Original computer shipped with Windows 7. One day I started it up and it upgraded itself to Windows 10. OK. Not a big deal. Maybe I clicked on update later or something. 

 

Been running Windows 10 for years now, up to the current version without issue. 

 

Going back to about early 2022 it has been telling me my download for the Windows 11 upgrade was ready. I kept telling it no, not now. 

 

Fast forward to 2024. I was now ready to do Windows 11 but now it tells me my processor (listed above) is not supported. Confused why it was OK now it is not? 

 

And here is the stranger part. If you go to Windows Supported Processor Page below you can go all the way back to Windows 7 and check every version of Windows and “this processor is not listed as a supported processor on any version of Windows.” Can someone explain? 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-7-supported-intel-processors

So the question is, what’s up with this? Will this processor work or not work as I don’t understand why it has never been listed as being supported but has run every version of Windows 10 on it? 

Now I do know about bypassing the CPU check to still do the update but that is not the question. 

Thanks in advance.