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		22c on Nov 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The laptop that won't die I think a key difference between Windows and MacOS is that Microsoft has (historically at least) not stopped you from installing newer versions of Windows on older hardware, provided it's fast enough to run it. Trying to run newer versions of MacOS on 10 year old Apple hardware is next to impossible. Windows 11 has a requirement for TPM 2.0, which older hardware doesn't have. I believe that requirement check is relatively easy to patch out and install anyway.

eviks on Nov 14, 2023 [–]

How is it impossible if opencore app exists that does the installation of MacOS for you?

22c on Nov 15, 2023 | [–]

I wasn't aware of that app, sounds neat!

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