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This is so dumb if true. First they force HW upgrades because of TPM 2.0 and now, on the very next product they force yet another one for many due to NPU?
You can see they have long term vision...
Great so now I need both a new motherboard and a new CPU also it can install the operating system and I can then not use the AI features because I don't want them. Especially stupid because I can already use AI if I wanted without having to get an NPU by going on Microsoft's own AI website.
I can't see corporations going for this.
Perhaps you haven't noticed the C-suites practically salivating over those two little letters. It'll make their companies look AI forward so they can get more investment.
What a joke.
I understood quickly increasing hardware requirements when 95 replaced 3.1, 98 replaced 95, 2000/XP replaced 98, or 7 replaced XP, because those new versions brought noticeable usability and quality updates, as well as lots of new media- and game-related features. I'm still unsure in what visible ways 11 is an improvement over 7, and 12 seems to not offer anything interesting compared to 11? Basically a statement of, "we can no longer code efficient software and pull new requirements out of thin air".
These are likely artificial. I remember someone was able to go around the TPM 2.0 requirement and run Win11 without one (though no idea where I heard this or who the guy was).
And for Win12 it would clearly be a requirement just to puah AI more. My understanding is there is no real use for NPU other than for AI processing
It's not hard at all to bypass TPM or SecureBoot it's just two flags in the installer config you can disable. When making a flash drive you can use rufus to do it for you even.
Bad idea to continue using Windows anyways but I did this for my my parents old laptops since they are unwilling to change...yet. Guiding my mother through ShutUp11 gave her pause. Maybe W12 will push her over the edge.
I would say, "to go out of business?" However, Windows is not even their main revenue driver anymore.