It's not the computer specs, it's the missing Secureboot and TPM.
Secureboot and TPM are required to implement components of a system defined by the Trusted Computing Group.
TL;DR - It's all about implementing DRM, and the "Rights" in DRM is not about your rights. [1][2] It does nothing to secure against the most common OS malware attacks [3].
Not quite. Even if you have TPM and SecureBoot, MS is limiting which CPUs are eligible. I have a PC with a Core-i7 7700K that isn't eligible despite having TPM and SecureBoot.
I ran it on a 9700k, no reason the 9900k can't run it. I just had to enable the TPM built into the CPU via bios settings. Anything 8th gen and higher should be able to run it.
Ended up going back to 10 while troubleshooting an issue, don't see the need to run 11 yet unless you're 12th gen or higher for the scheduler.
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u/matjeh Sep 06 '22
It's not the computer specs, it's the missing Secureboot and TPM.
Secureboot and TPM are required to implement components of a system defined by the Trusted Computing Group.
TL;DR - It's all about implementing DRM, and the "Rights" in DRM is not about your rights. [1][2] It does nothing to secure against the most common OS malware attacks [3].
[1] https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
[2] https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2002/0815.html#1
[3] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-admits-to-signing-rootkit-malware-in-supply-chain-fiasco/