You can buy a 20 pin TPM module for about £3 which can plug into the standard header and for about £7-8 for those snowflakes like ASUS that use the same 20 pin interface but with a slightly modified pin out.
The only question would be the BIOS initialization, but many OEMs have already released new BIOS revisions with added/better external TPM support or have announced their intention to do so.
For those system who don’t have a TPM header, Intel PTT and AMD’s PSP fTPM would provide the required compatibility.
And this is a good thing if this was still optional it would not put pressure on manufacturers to add TPM support as a standard feature.
Windows 10 will be supported to at least 2025 with feature updates and probably longer with critical security updates.
The fact that people complain about this is ridiculous.
Here is an ASRock one for £13.99 from Scan https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-trusted-platform-modu...
This will be the most straight-forward thing to happen. I predict that MS will have to start another massive campaign to get people to upgrade again, like they did with WinXP. I wonder how well that will work if it means buying a new PC though.
MS had to rely on a lot of developer advocacy, an increased focus on the risk of unpatched security vulnerabilities (a valid point IMO) and a general narrative of avoiding "outdated software", (as if software had an expiry date) to increase the willingness to update. Even with that, in the end they had to patch XP to add nag screens to make people update.
Now, with less performance improvements, less developer advocacy (I hope) and more obvious anti-features, I imagine they will need to employ even more force to make people update.
Some options:
- they don't care about the machines that don't have compatible TPMs (lower value customers?)
- a ploy to drive hardware sales?
- something else?