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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. I’m just looking at the machines that were purchased at the launch of Win 11, but might not have had the proper hardware to transition off 10.

Windows 11 launched in 2021. The bare minimum hardware (8th gen intel) is from 2017. If you were buying 5+ year old hardware in 2021 then that’s on you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget the TPM module! Which has also been pretty damn ubiquitous on mobos for a long ass time.

This is all just clickbait and easy upvotes on lemmy with the big pro-linux movement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TPM is built into the CPU of all 8th gen and ryzen 2000 series CPUs. The module is only needed for older systems.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

The module is only needed for older systems.

Not needed at all. If you’re installing it on an older system, you’re already bypassing the requirements so why bother with a TPM?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The TPM is a hardware feature of every processor that's supported. I really don't understand all of this bullshit, the requirements are basically "don't run this on ancient hardware." That's it.