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This isn't surprising. The launch-time requirement of a TPM imposes an artificial bar (artificial in the sense that it's purely Microsoft-imposed -- it's useful

This isn't surprising. The launch-time requirement of a TPM imposes an artificial bar (artificial in the sense that it's purely Microsoft-imposed -- it's usefulness is certainly more debatable to the average user) which instantly locked out people who either: - Didn't know what that was and didn't care to learn (probably most people); or - Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. For the second category of people, Windows 11 is an expensive proposition beyond the base OS itself, and can be involved at the hardware level. Combine that with some questionable UI choices and ever more ads, and I'm not shocked that Windows 11 hasn't seen widespread adoption. E: formatting

hermitdev 4y ago
> Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. I'm definitely in the latter. I was running an insider's build of Win11 on my home desktop for quite a while just fine, until they seemed to have actually made the TPM a hard requirement, and I rolled back to Win10. It's a shame because it's an 8 year old beefy PC that otherwise runs perfectly fine and I didn't have any issues with Win11 otherwise on it.
alkonaut 4y ago
People in general presumably don’t know and don’t care about the requirements. Most, I’m guessing, wouldn’t even be able to tell which OS version they are running. If their computer with Win10 is compatible it’ll eventually nag them to upgrade. If not, they’ll run it to the grave and the next one they buy will be Win11 - whether they want to or not.
hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
> Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. Or, like me, understood what it was and realized it is not what they want on their machine.
- _verandaguy 4y ago
  Also totally plausible. I had a TPM fail on me earlier this year (fortunately on a machine without anything irreplaceable on it), and it was enough of a hassle to recover that I'm just going to pass on using one for the foreseeable future.

hermitdev 4y ago

> Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. I'm definitely in the latter. I was running an insider's build of Win11 on my home desktop for quite a while just fine, until they seemed to have actually made the TPM a hard requirement, and I rolled back to Win10. It's a shame because it's an 8 year old beefy PC that otherwise runs perfectly fine and I didn't have any issues with Win11 otherwise on it.

alkonaut 4y ago

People in general presumably don’t know and don’t care about the requirements. Most, I’m guessing, wouldn’t even be able to tell which OS version they are running. If their computer with Win10 is compatible it’ll eventually nag them to upgrade. If not, they’ll run it to the grave and the next one they buy will be Win11 - whether they want to or not.

hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago

> Understood what it was but either didn't have a CPU with a built-in TPM, which is a fairly recent feature, or didn't have a motherboard with a TPM socket. Or, like me, understood what it was and realized it is not what they want on their machine.

_verandaguy 4y ago
Also totally plausible. I had a TPM fail on me earlier this year (fortunately on a machine without anything irreplaceable on it), and it was enough of a hassle to recover that I'm just going to pass on using one for the foreseeable future.