Re: Microsoft Flip-Flops on Win11 requirements

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:42:37 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:27:41 +0200, Anssi Saari
<anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
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Microsoft's Windows10 operating system was one of its most popular
products. Windows 11, however, has seen a much slower uptake. This is
in part because it requires built in TPM, a hardware encryption
processor that not all computers have built in.

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What happened to the fairly stringent CPU requirements? Were they lifted
earlier or something?
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I have a couple of 2010-ish laptops with Windows 10 which I haven't used
in a few years. I guess I could keep the better one of them around still
although I don't really know what for...

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I think all the increased CPU requirements had to do with ensuring the
processors had TPM support. From what I've read, architecturally
there's no real performance difference running Win10 and Win11 on the
same hardware. Win10 just didn't /require/ TPM. Win11 does.
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(and note, it STILL requires it. Microsoft just isn't bending over
backwards to prevent you from running it on unsupported hardware
anymore)
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I mean, hell, Win11 technically supports Intel Atom processors. ;-)
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Nah. My wife's old laptop had a 6 series Core CPU and even *it* had TPM
2.0 right on the die. I used Rufus to put 11 on it. Works perfectly.
Picked up the TPM right away. Even Memory Isolation works.

IIRC, there was some instruction extension on 8 series+ Core CPUs.

a) Now with the 13 & 14 series fiasco, they're may be trying to rescue
Intel.

b) They need people to bite hard on Copilot. Windows 10 doesn't really
have that feature built into the OS. They've bet the (server) farm.

It's almost certainly one of those two.

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