Yep, as if we don't have a rapidly heating planet, Microsoft wants to add to that by adding several gigatons of e-waste (measurement is pulled out of my butt, just like Apple claiming it extracted 2204 lb of gold from recycled iPhones(1), a number which is basically 1000kg in lbs(2). How much do you want to bet this is a number someone made up, converted to lbs, put in its official report(3), and the stupid copy-pasting "journalists" are too dumb to notice or challenge?)

1) https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-has-literally-extracted-... 2) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=1000kg+in+lb 3) https://images.apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental...

The most hilarious thing is that the LTSC version of Windows 11 doesn't have those requirements.

Perfectly good systems almost certainly vulnerable to unpatched firmware vulnerabilities due to their age.

Running a system, especially portable or critical without fTPM is not wise, more so due to Bitlocker security enhancements with TPM available.