> you have 4 years of notice that you'll need a TPM 2.0.
It's very uncharacteristic for Windows. Totally unprecedented, both for consumers with no tech knowledge and for the more technically inclined.
This is the first time in the history of Windows where a large portion of the install base will be (ostensibly) totally unable to upgrade.
When you buy a Mac or a Chromebook, you expect this sort of thing. On Windows, though, the expectation has been that windows would at least try to run on the oldest platform even remotely usable, e.g. Win10 (2015) would run on the old Core 2 processors (2006).
It's not the end of the world, it just feels a bit slimy. I'm not one to cry "planned obsolescence" but this restriction (if it's hard enforced and not "just" requirements for OEM licensing) is clearly an attempt to nudge people to buy new hardware. Which is fine. Just unexpected.
It's very uncharacteristic for Windows. Totally unprecedented, both for consumers with no tech knowledge and for the more technically inclined.
This is the first time in the history of Windows where a large portion of the install base will be (ostensibly) totally unable to upgrade.
When you buy a Mac or a Chromebook, you expect this sort of thing. On Windows, though, the expectation has been that windows would at least try to run on the oldest platform even remotely usable, e.g. Win10 (2015) would run on the old Core 2 processors (2006).
It's not the end of the world, it just feels a bit slimy. I'm not one to cry "planned obsolescence" but this restriction (if it's hard enforced and not "just" requirements for OEM licensing) is clearly an attempt to nudge people to buy new hardware. Which is fine. Just unexpected.