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Will Microsoft drop the TPM requirement for Win 11 once Win 12 rolls around? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Or maybe they will launch Win 12 with optional TPM support.

Imho making the OS(es) TPM only cannot be good for their business, many people are still on Win 10 with no intention to switch, since their motheboard does not support TPM and do not want to upgrade PC / waste PCI-E slot on TPM extension.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

As someone mentioned in the comments, non TPM machines can have W11 on them and it will most likely work just fine so that's pretty much a non issue...

In 2025 TPM 2.0 will be 11 years old, add the optional 3 years of updates and that's 14 years old, I don't think there will be that much personal hardware without TPM 2.0 that is still being actively used at either of those points and if the people who do still use it absolutely want to stick to Windows then they'll still have the option I mentioned before...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Both AMD and Intel bake a hardware TPM into their CPUs IIRC. I think Windows 11 complains more about Secure Boot not being enabled on my PC than the TPM.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You can tinker your way around it, and hope Microsoft doesn't change anything that breaks the workaround. Doesn't make OPs less funny.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Serious question: what are the actual application of TPM in our day-to-day use?