[mkopec]

> Does TPM support/requirements actually have any meaningful impact on a home user?

Disk encryption, Windows Hello and PIN bruteforce prevention. I have no love Microsoft and avoid using Windows whenever I can, but I think making those features accessible to more people is a good thing.

[p_ing]

VBS also requires it, which is a big improvement to Windows' security.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/de...

[mrweasel]

But Hyper-V is also a Windows 11 Pro feature (I get that it can be enabled on Home).

[p_ing]

That isn't the virtualization VBS is referring to. Hyper-V is a separate feature from VBS. More context:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/virtualization/virt...

[mrweasel]

I was under the impression that Bitlocker wasn't available on Windows Home?

If you have an older computer, without TPM 1.2/2.0, then you already don't things like Windows Hello, but you might have secure boot and some brute force prevention, so you wouldn't be worse of as a home user if Microsoft allowed you to run Windows 11.

For new computers I can completely understand that Microsoft would demand that vendors ship systems with TPM 2.0. For upgrades I just struggle to see any really compelling reason, it's not like Apple where Microsoft is trying to also sell hardware, that's mostly on the OEMs.

[xmodem]

As of Windows 11, you can use Bitlocker on Windows Home.

(Personally I think you probably shouldn't bother with it unless you set a boot PIN, which still requires Pro to be allowed to change the right group policy settings.)