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Ask Slashdot: Best/Newest Hardware Without "Trusted Computing"?

Posted by timothy on from the in-light-of-recent-events dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What is the best/newest hardware without trusted computing (TC) / Trusted Platform Module(TPM)? I am currently running ancient 32-bit hardware and thinking about an upgrade to something x64 with USB3, SATA3 and >1 core on the CPU ... but don't want TC/TPM. I have no need to run anything like Blu Ray movie disks or Microsoft Windows that requires TC/TPM or the UEFI boot process. Is anybody else still trying to avoid TC/TPM? What have your experiences been? Any pointers?" Worth reading on this front, too: Richard Stallman on so-called Trusted Computing,.

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  1. Re:Not sure off the top of my head by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    My god man, how many Wal-Marts could you possibly need?

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  2. Re:ThinkPenguin.com's against trusted computing... by Barny · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would like to welcome the marketing department of ThinkPenguin (C)(TM) to slashdot.

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  3. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me go scare him some more. Hey check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology#Using_Intel_AMT

    *gets popcorn* ;)