Windows 11 will come in versions that do not require TPM, but it will not be for everyone

Microsoft requires TPM created another area of ​​interest for scalpers, where they can try their infamous art of buying goods for resale at increased prices. These are TPM modules that will probably be needed by almost everyone whose system does not support fTPM. TPM 2.0 modules are thus a new gold mine for scalpers, although with the risk that Microsoft will eventually adjust its requirements, but it does not look like that yet, so TPM 2.0 modules with the former price of 15 USD are now also offered for absurd 176 USD. At the same time, prices are rising, so it is clear that TPM modules are not only offered but also sold at multiple prices.-

We also have a list of supported processors Intel a AMD, where there are no more processors that came on the market in 2017, and are still relatively modern. Server THW also reminds that Windows 11 will not be supported by Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 computers, which are still sold with processors such as the Core i7-7820HQ. And according to Microsoft, it is already about the final requirements for the system. –

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Previously, Microsoft also introduced TPM version 1.2 into the hardware requirements, but then tightened to version 2.0, which only further limited the range of supported hardware. Now doing so the company announcedthat it is also preparing certain special versions of Windows 11 that will not require any TPM. –

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It will not be a version of Windows 11 available to a wide range of users, and the question is whether these will be usable outside their official and original purpose. If so, it is virtually certain that they will be made available to the public, but on the other hand, they may also be versions of the system intended for China or other countries where the TPM is not used or even banned.

However, it is likely that there will also be ways to circumvent the TPM 2.0 requirement in the final version of Windows 11, which are said to already exist in the currently available version. And then there is the question of how it will be with Ryzen 1st generation, Intel Core 7th generation and older processors, which are no longer on the list of supported hardware.

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