Any new motherboard I have bought in the last couple of years had TPM 2.0 on it. It's a good move forward.
The big question for me is whether Windows 11 will no longer have the consumer experience advertising rubbish that drove me into adopting the Enterprise channel with modifications via NTLite.
So the days of me running windows xp and modern windows together on my 2nd box is over? I use MBR and dont have a TPM chip on it.... (x79-Deluxe motherboard)
For some odd reason, something tells me that they won't necessarily require TPM 2.0 on the RTM build. Either that or they'll enforce it loosely and let people run scripts or modify the ISO to allow for legacy install like what was done with the leaked ISO.
That will be up to @Enthousiast & the guy's to figure out. Will see next week with New Insider Build.
I don't need a "redesigned and refreshed look" to my OS. Example: I've had rounded corners on my Windows 10 for 5 years using 3rd party software (i.e. Stardock Windowblinds). I don't want to be "forced" into buying a new PC just to run Windows 11. That is absolute capitalistic nonsense. It is highly possible that you may be required to pay more for a PC just because it can run Windows 11. I'm sure computer manufactures are more than willing to make cheap plastic disposable PCs and try to sell them just because they run Windows 11. One of the driving ideas behind capitalism is to increase profits. That is accomplished by making lower cost goods and charging more money for them. This includes more plastic, limiting durability, limiting features, producing a disposable product. Example: I used to be able to buy laptop computers with memory slots. Now the memory chips are soldered to the motherboard and you can't even repair them if the memory is defective. My current opinion is that Windows 11 is a disguised downgrade. What we need is an open source 64-Bit OS that will run Windows software. But what we get are things like Windows 11. How sad...
I hope so, I have 2 systems with 64GB and 128GB of RAM for work, Intel I7s and SSD all over the place, cost ?: over 5800 $, no way am I going to throw all this away to buy new hardware to run Windows11, seriously MS?.
I don't think the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 is as big of a deal as its being made out to be. Here are a few technical points to put this into perspective: The TPM 2.0 spec has been available since April 01, 2014 Microsoft has required OEMs to use TPM 2.0 since July 28, 2016 The average lifespan of a PC is 3-5 years I get it, the latest version of Windows 11 may not work on your specific device, but like any technology sometimes you have to upgrade your hardware to use the latest software.
