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Azure doesn't guarantee distance between zones, but they aim for 483km. So they can provide better isolation at the cost of higher inter-AZ latency. Depends on the region - you'd need an internal contact (and/or NDA?) to get approx numbers
After msft's experiences with Win10, they decided Windows wouldn't become more secure unless they enabled features by default. And the majority of high-impact features depend on a TPM.
I'd argue that home users do need these features in the current security environment. TPMs have been required in new devices since 2016, so people are more likely to have thrown out incompatible devices already (CPU/RAM if not disk)
This board with movable keys isn't particularly expensive relative to other boards, but I haven't heard of any custom designs: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32955084832.html