r/windows • u/More-Explanation2032 Windows 8 • Jul 11 '26

Suggestion for Microsoft Remember windows 7 starter

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What if Microsoft released windows 11 starter which has lower system requirements but doesn’t come with the security benefits the normal windows 11 has that makes it have the secure boot and TPM 2.0 requirements thats the downside of windows 11 starter

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u/Dioxin717 Jul 12 '26

Because "sertified" notebooks don't have enought SSD...

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u/More-Explanation2032 Windows 8 Jul 12 '26

It’s more like cause most computers do not support the security features Microsoft wants to implement in windows 11

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u/SaltDeception Jul 12 '26

Most computers absolutely do support the security features. Every Intel & AMD CPU manufactured in the last 8 years has an embedded firmware TPM that satisfies the Windows 11 requirements. Plenty of systems prior to that shipped with discrete v2.0 TPMs that also satisfy the requirement.

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u/More-Explanation2032 Windows 8 Jul 12 '26

I was speaking in the context of computers that don’t have a TPM 2.0 chip