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

[Lionel Peterson]

Theoretically, loosening the TPM standard will loosen security.

Apple drops hardware support at about the same pace as Microsoft, I don't see why this is such a hot bed issue for MS users.

macOS support drops after 3 years:

 https://endoflife.date/macos

Apple retires hardware after 5 to 7 years, more aggressive than Microsoft with Windows hardware support, I think.

Ken

> On Dec 25, 2024, at 14:34, Alexander Jacocks via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> They have been down that road before. They will have to choose between being blamed for security problems in out-of-date Windows 11, or loosening their restrictions.
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> - Alex
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>>> On Dec 19, 2024, at 1:04 PM, Mike Spooner via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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>> Indeed, although Microsoft have stated quite explicitly that after the 24H2 release, systems without TPM 2.x will no longer be able to install the semi-annual/annual updates for Windows 11.
>> Time will tell.
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Mike Spooner
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>> From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org <rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org> On Behalf Of Scott Quinn via rescue
>> Sent: 19 December 2024 14:41
>> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>> Cc: Scott Quinn <saquinn624 at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [rescue] off-topic but advice needed for the involuntary hardware upgrade for Win 11?
>>  
>> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> "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."
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>> 
>> I've been looking at these and they seem to read "we're not going to go out of our way to make it work, but it might, but we aren't going to guarantee it so don't yell at us if it doesn't work and definitely don't write your congresspeople about how awful we are and get us in a big investigation because we told you that it isn't guaranteed to work in words calculated to show you the worst possible scenario"
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>> FWIW I have two 4th-gen Intel Core boxes running Windows 11 and it seems to work OK and does update. Drivers required a bit of jiggling. My Mac Pro 2010 also is happily running MacOS 15.2. YMMV.
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