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Microsoft might soon block hardware bypass in forced Win 11 installs
- RadixDLT 3y agoDebian should come in handy if that happens
- tamimio 3y agoI have a laptop got it back in 2015 and has no TPM, glad windows 11 isn’t supported.
- rawgabbit 3y agoMsft executives will spend 7 figures on McKinsey asking why did their share of OS tanked when they forced through this unpopular decision.
- supertrope 3y agoI’m sure corporate customers are super impressed that Windows 11 requires a TPM. It’ll save them the hassle of anti-virus, MFA, email scanning, zero trust network security, Internet filtering, etc.
- orionblastar 3y agohttps://www.makeuseof.com/rufus-bypass-tpm-secure-boot-requirements-windows-11/ https://www.makeuseof.com/rufus-bypass-tpm-secure-boot-requi... An ISO tool can make a USB device that can ByPass the hardware requirements in Windows 11. I am going to buy a $1000USB PC to run Windows 11. I run Ubuntu on my laptop because it is too slow to run Windows 10. I feel that when Win 10 is no loner supported by Microsoft there will be a Linux Exodus for users of older PCs.
- psd1 3y agoCorollary: I have an x220 and a T420. Very similar laptops. The x220 is fairly snappy running Win10; the T420 is laggy and freezy running Kubuntu. Confounding factors: - T420 has 12GB; x220 has 16GB - T420 is modded with 2560x1440 screen - T420 upgraded Sandy Bridge => Ivy Bridge