Microsoft wants $30 if you want to delay Windows 11 switch

[anon19777486]

@anon83930719

Well yea, as I said “How long does every new PC have to have a feature before it can be required”
from what I’ve seen pertty much every CPU from Intel since late 2017 (Coffee Lake) and every AMD CPU since early 2018 (Ryzen 2000 series Raven Ridge) thats ~7.5 - 8 years from the EOL date of Windows 10

I thought we agreed that this part of the discussion wasn’t part of the thread.

@anon83930719

I guess you want to talk about how long a feature aka TPM needs to be in every new PC before an OS can require it? and I’d say that’s a valid conversation to have but not really what this thread is about.

@anon19777486

I wasn’t making that part of the thread to debate. About security standards.

I was just pointing out how Microsoft is restricting upgrades because of these security features for Windows 11. That is why some PCs don’t fit the requirements to upgrade.

That is how it pertains to the $30 extended updates, as they are not a permanent solution.

So, why are we talking about it? Since you want to discuss this topic, I’ll just write this and be done with it.

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM): is usually a physical chip on a computer’s motherboard, but it can also be embedded in the processor

Secure Boot: A security standard that ensures a PC boots with only trusted software from the manufacturer. Secure Boot is built into the UEFI firmware

If you haven’t upgraded your PC in a while, you might not have a new motherboard or CPU. That’s because Windows 11 needs both secure boot and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to work. So, you won’t be able to upgrade to Windows 11 if that is the case.

A newer motherboard is needed for a newer UEFI firmware, and newer hardware is needed for TPM. So, if you haven’t upgraded in decades, you might not have a new motherboard or CPU for these features.

Thanks for chatting with me. Have a great day!