Hopefully my new revision is a bit more useful and balanced. Thanks for the feedback.

I have a strange feeling @dminter  that if this exclusivity agreement does indeed exist that Qualcomm would be screaming if Microsoft allows VMware to announce "support" for Windows on M1 Macs. VMware is a much bigger and more visible target for the "hold on there - I thought we had an exclusivity agreement" complaint from Qualcomm - and it's also well known about the behavior of their lawyers..

As to "not supported", well I'm just repeating what Microsoft has said publicly. Too many times I've seen that phrase erupt into a war depending on the situation. What Microsoft does in practice is up to them, but I do have a problem with Microsoft saying "it's unsupported" when they will actually will help out.

As far as the TPM thing goes, I kind of understand why they're doing it. With all the new and creative ways that malware is attacking systems, having the ability to trust what you're booting from (Secure Boot and signed operating systems) and having a secure enclave for storing security related information (in Windows 11 case Bitlocker and Windows Hello info) go a long way to boost the security of the system. All of a sudden, security sells.