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The moral of the story is, don't buy a windows phone if you want to reflash it.
by salem 15y ago
The moral of the story is, don't buy a windows phone if you want to reflash it.
- kennywinker 15y agoOr an arm-based ultrabook.
- sounds 15y agoOr an x86-based laptop with UEFI Secure Boot* * Windows 8 logo compliance still requires UEFI Secure Boot. This won't affect desktops as quickly but laptops come with minimal BIOS options. Managing keys to install another OS will be omitted by many laptop manufacturers.
- cooldeal 15y agoIs it too much to ask to read the linked article? Please. >For non-ARM systems, Microsoft requires that Custom Mode be enabled
- sounds 15y agoYes, I read it. Did you? Microsoft is requiring Custom Mode not even be _present_ on some of its Windows 8 platforms. How long until they "let it slide" on the rest? You may be determined to let Microsoft do whatever they please with the hardware you rightfully purchased. That doesn't mean I have to let them.
- astrodust 15y agoRelated: Don't sign an expensive OEM deal with Microsoft if they're going to lock you in to what could be a Windows Phone 7 type disaster. A smart OEM would avoid certification, instead focusing on making a product that could run Linux, or Android, or whatever WebOS becomes, instead of getting locked to a sinking ship. The reason people are drawn to Windows is because their x86 software from the 1990s still works. How many apps are going to work on ARM out of the box?