Gee, All the macs I have are old enough to be grandparents. On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM Frank Ventura via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Oct 17, 2025, at 12:21 PM, cz via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Interesting. Bitlocker keys work fine on the X61, they are stored in the > TPM and are pretty secure. > > > > I really need to try this. And yes, there are a billion reasons to dunk > on Windows, but the fact that the OS runs on a 19 year old laptop is still > not too bad. My AT&T7300 can't match this, nor can any of the Apple > products (well you can hack the installer for Intel core duo stuff but it's > not really supported and Apple is seriously turning perfectly good older > hardware into trash) > > > > Chris > > > > > > On 10/17/2025 10:58 AM, Christian Kennedy via cctalk wrote: > >> On 10/17/25 05:34, cz via cctalk wrote: > >>>> Is there ANY reason why windows N can't work with legacy drivers from > Windows N-1? > >>> > >>> For what it's worth, Windows 10 runs fine on an IBM Thinkpad X61 in 64 > bit mode with no issues. 2007 system means it's running fine 19 years > later. I should fire it up and upgrade to Windows 11..... > >> That should be interesting. The problem with Windows 11 on older > hardware is the insistence upon a TPM-2.0 compliant TPM. There have been > some fitful work-arounds when a 1.2 TPM is installed, but with no TPM > hardware I seriously doubt you can convince that steaming pile of crap to > install, particularly since they seem to have decided to store the > BitLocker keys in the TPM. > >> This just seems like reason 1E+32 to avoid the Windows ecosystem when > possible. > > > > For what it is worth (probably not much). I have had good luck using Open > Source Legacy Patcher on some rather old Apple hardware. Fun to keep those > funky little 2013 Mac Pro “Trash Cans” running. > Frank > >
