Yeah the Apple way. Every new update version forces you to buy a new phone. Thing is PCs are not phones they cost a lot more. Unless you buy top of the line $2,000 phones.
You don't need a TPM chip, for all modern Intel CPUs you can turn on PTT in your BIOS, and all modern AMD chips you turn on fTPM. Your CPU would have to be truly ancient (>6-7 years old) to not have it.
I think Windows 10 gets a worse rap than it deserves. I've never had any major issues with it, and game compatibility, even with older titles, has been just as good as Windows 7 in my experience.
The only Windows I ever really disliked was Windows 8. That was an abomination.
Yeah the Apple way. Every new update version forces you to buy a new phone. Thing is PCs are not phones they cost a lot more. Unless you buy top of the line $2,000 phones.
I hadn't seen that "supported CPUs list" yet, but I'm pretty sure that every CPU on that list supports either PTT or fTPM, so the whole TPM thing isn't an issue at all. I believe everyone who has one of those CPUs will also have TPM, whether it's an actual TPM chip, or PTT/fTPM.You're too optimistic.
If you check supported CPUs list, it seems all CPUs older released before 2018. are doomed to stay on win10.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...pported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors
I've seen some suggestions on how you can "hack" the installation not to check for TPM presence, but what's the point of such workrounds if OS will want it later to work properly with whatevers part of it.
I know I would get the chance to link to this article at some point in time:
"Microsoft confirms there will be no windiws 11"
https://www.techradar.com/news/soft...-confirms-there-will-be-no-windows-11-1293309
I hadn't seen that "supported CPUs list" yet, but I'm pretty sure that every CPU on that list supports either PTT or fTPM, so the whole TPM thing isn't an issue at all. I believe everyone who has one of those CPUs will also have TPM, whether it's an actual TPM chip, or PTT/fTPM.
Pretty sure the 4th gen chips have PTT, so if your BIOS won't let you activate it, then that's a motherboard/BIOS issue not a CPU issue. (Not that it helps you...)Well, the two Ryzen 3s are fine, naturally (both are less than a year old and just needed a BIOS setting changed), but the i5 4570 is a no-go (nothing TPM related even on the mobo). I've read that TPM 1.2 will become supported, which means another older Intel mobo I have with that may be usable, but really the family machine can stay on Windows 10 until it gets an upgrade.
Did the "Health Check" program say it's good to go? Maybe the "supported CPUs" list is meaningless in practice then.I have a i7-6500U laptop that's 6 years old that is supported (has TPM 2.0), and it looks like it's older than anything on the official list.
Oops, sorry, no. The Health Check says that the processor is not supported, but TPM check (via running tpm.msc) says that it has TPM 2.0 enabled, so according to lots of articles I've read it should be...Did the "Health Check" program say it's good to go? Maybe the "supported CPUs" list is meaningless in practice then.
I hate 10 as much as I loved the improvements in 7. What I dislike is mostly the bloatware, ads and all the privacy concerns, and regressions on the UI ergonomics. I want the OS to be just that, an operating system, not an ad or a spying platform.
Simple example, recently on each update, MS forces the "News and interests" large band in the taskbar, and in a foreign language on top of that. It doesn't seem possible to remove it, only to hide it every time it reappears. And I'm pretty sure they'll go one step further in Win11.
Don't even get me started on forced updates or the messy app installation, doing IT support on that was a nightmare in my company (we're switching to Linux now, it was the final nail in the coffin).
At home I'm probably switching to Linux on the next forced iteration of Windows, even more so because of the hardware-locked enforcement they're pushing further (TPM chip). It's become a good alternative despite its fragmentation on the UI front. Unfortunately there too, we have to cope up with Canonical's increasing presence, but there are other well-supported distros. It means bye-bye to most of gaming though.
It's always been a delicate balance for any platform, between being successful enough and not getting ruined by this success. Always the same pattern, repeating over and over.
Rant's over
Most modern PC platforms include an fTPM (firmware trusted platform module) of some form. Those that don't, have a TPM 2.0 compatible header on the motherboards. Microsoft's requirement of a hardware TPM for Windows 11 has scalpers go after add-on TPMs, which are typically priced around $20, but now marked up to $100, according to price-tracking by Shen Ye, a senior HTC VIVE exec, who has been tracking prices of add-on TPMs on Twitter.
Do you mean the security of applications, against piracy?I actually think this makes some sense. The security of desktop systems really is pitiful, even compared to the design of phones.