Solve : Windows 10 hardwarfe specs are going to change soon.?

1.	Solve : Windows 10 hardwarfe specs are going to change soon.?
Answer» Not really news, but it will have some impact on DIY people who would want Windows instead of Linux. The way Microsoft is pushing Windows 10, it might become hard to find Windows 7 at a fair price. Windows 10 is almost free, but soon it will force you to upgrade your HARDWARE to the new Windows 10 standard. At least that is what Extreme Tech reports in a recent article. New Windows 10 update will change hardware requirements for the first time since 2009 Quote Ever since Windows Vista launched in 2007, the minimum hardware requirements for Windows have remained mostly unchanged (Windows 7 slightly increased the required storage footprint from 15GB of HDD space to 16GB). Now, Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, which drops in roughly two months, will make three significant change for the first time in seven years. Also, TPM 2.0 will be mandatory in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module So, if you DIY a PC, you might not want Windows on it. Unless you have a spare legal copy of Windows 7. Or, MAYBE you have a solution? A few additional citations to some points here. First, the actual harwdare requirements in terms of "oomph" (RAM, etc) is increasing but at this point anything not fitting though requirements really should probably not be running anything NEWER than XP anyway. Regarding TPM 2.0 being a requirement. This is both true and false. It is true, in that it is documented here: Quote As of July 28, 2016, all new device models, lines or series must implement and be in compliance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 11889:2015 or the Trusted Computing Group TPM 2.0 Library and a component which implements the TPM 2.0 must be present and enabled by default from this effective date. However, this has a bit of a caveat in interpretation. These requirements are not hardware requirements for running Windows 10; these documents are the requirements that hardware manufacturers must meet before they can provide Windows 10 preinstalled. So for example, my old system that has Windows 10 will not be perfectly capable of running Windows 10 on build in question because it doesn't have TPM 2.0 support, but a manufacturer that doesn't provide TPM 2.0 support in their hardware cannot provide that build of Windows 10 pre-installed on their hardware. Thanks for the clarification. So it is the burden on the PC maker to comply with the new standards. Yet Windows 10 should still perform on a legacy PC. Part of this comes from the TPG. The Trusted COMPUTER Group. The stated purpose is to make modern PCs, including mobile devices, more resistant to security attacks. Reference: http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/ Quote Specifications Trusted Computing Group announced that its TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) Library Specification was approved as a formal international standard under ISO/IEC (the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission). TCG has 90+ specifications and guidance documents to help build a trusted computing environment. There is a specific tiny chip that is to be a part of new PCs. But will this have any impact on a Do It Yourself PC? Just another "mis-leading" PC news HEADLINE...

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Not really news, but it will have some impact on DIY people who would want Windows instead of Linux.
The way Microsoft is pushing Windows 10, it might become hard to find Windows 7 at a fair price. Windows 10 is almost free, but soon it will force you to upgrade your HARDWARE to the new Windows 10 standard.
At least that is what Extreme Tech reports in a recent article.

New Windows 10 update will change hardware requirements for the first time since 2009
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Ever since Windows Vista launched in 2007, the minimum hardware requirements for Windows have remained mostly unchanged (Windows 7 slightly increased the required storage footprint from 15GB of HDD space to 16GB). Now, Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, which drops in roughly two months, will make three significant change for the first time in seven years.

Also, TPM 2.0 will be mandatory in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module
So, if you DIY a PC, you might not want Windows on it. Unless you have a spare legal copy of Windows 7.
Or, MAYBE you have a solution? A few additional citations to some points here.

First, the actual harwdare requirements in terms of "oomph" (RAM, etc) is increasing but at this point anything not fitting though requirements really should probably not be running anything NEWER than XP anyway.

Regarding TPM 2.0 being a requirement. This is both true and false.

It is true, in that it is documented here:

Quote

As of July 28, 2016, all new device models, lines or series must implement and be in compliance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 11889:2015 or the Trusted Computing Group TPM 2.0 Library and a component which implements the TPM 2.0 must be present and enabled by default from this effective date.

However, this has a bit of a caveat in interpretation. These requirements are not hardware requirements for running Windows 10; these documents are the requirements that hardware manufacturers must meet before they can provide Windows 10 preinstalled.

So for example, my old system that has Windows 10 will not be perfectly capable of running Windows 10 on build in question because it doesn't have TPM 2.0 support, but a manufacturer that doesn't provide TPM 2.0 support in their hardware cannot provide that build of Windows 10 pre-installed on their hardware.

Thanks for the clarification. So it is the burden on the PC maker to comply with the new standards. Yet Windows 10 should still perform on a legacy PC.

Part of this comes from the TPG. The Trusted COMPUTER Group. The stated purpose is to make modern PCs, including mobile devices, more resistant to security attacks.
Reference:
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/
Quote

Specifications
Trusted Computing Group announced that its TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) Library Specification was approved as a formal international standard under ISO/IEC (the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission). TCG has 90+ specifications and guidance documents to help build a trusted computing environment.

There is a specific tiny chip that is to be a part of new PCs.
But will this have any impact on a Do It Yourself PC? Just another "mis-leading" PC news HEADLINE...

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