[rescue] off-topic but advice needed for the involuntary hardware upgrade for Win 11?

[Lionel Peterson]

Microsoft had condoned certain workarounds for Win11 system checks, but they have recently indicated that those workarounds will not be included/supported/tolerated in future updates of Win11.

My suggestion wasn't about actually running Win11, it was to cite native Win11 support as a useful benchmark to use when buying new hardware.

Win11 support goes back to Intel 8th generation (8000-series) CPUs, that takes you back about 7 years. I'd be hard-pressed to spend folding money on 8+ year-old PC hardware, even to run Linux on it...

Ken

> On Dec 18, 2024, at 19:47, chris t via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> john ferguson via rescue wrote:
>> I'm presently running Windows 10, Ubuntu 22.04, and Debian on two HP Elite 8300s, with Nvidia GTX 1070s, one at home and one at the shop.  I have synology DS216's in each location eachwith 8TB plus removable USB drives to back them up monthly and store them disconnected.
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>> They have been fast enough for what I do and I would not change them unless I'm forced to - ie the end of Windows 10.
> Disclaimer -- I haven't tried any of this personally.
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> Microsoft's been scrubbing this information, and it may stop working, but it was possible to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, which many people have reported doing.  The Elite 8300 appears to have TPM 1.2, so it's possible to install with slightly-tweaked installation media: https://web.archive.org/web/20241212193416/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e
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> It may also be possible to use a long term support release or IoT version of Windows 10 -- there are various communities and forum posts dedicated to the idea.  I personally used Win7 Embedded to run my television for a long time, by buying a device that came with a key.
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