Windows 11 currently has no trouble running or updating on my Sandy Bridge MacBook Pro[1]. Not only does the machine have no TPM whatsoever, it's booting Window

Windows 11 currently has no trouble running or updating on my Sandy Bridge MacBook Pro[1]. Not only does the machine have no TPM whatsoever, it's booting Windows 11 in BIOS mode because its firmware doesn't properly initialize the GPU when booting Windows in UEFI mode. To install Windows 11 for BIOS boot, I replaced the install.wim image on Windows 10 BIOS-compatible boot media with the analogous image from a Windows 11 ISO. I also used Thunderbolt target disk mode to run the first installation stage under VMware Fusion on another Mac because the MacBook Pro's firmware wouldn't boot Windows USB installation media in BIOS mode, but this would presumably not be required if I'd had recordable DVD media on hand at the time. Note that I say "currently" because there's obviously no guarantee that Microsoft won't break Windows on older hardware in an update, so I'm not relying on this install for anything critical. [1] MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) a.k.a. MacBookPro8,3; "second-generation" Intel Core i7 CPU (viz., i7-2720QM).