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All Windows 8 certified machines need the Secure Boot to be able to be turned off. I seriously doubt turning off an option in the BIOS/UEFI setup screen is goi

All Windows 8 certified machines need the Secure Boot to be able to be turned off. I seriously doubt turning off an option in the BIOS/UEFI setup screen is going to hobble them. http://www.top-password.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/toshiba-secure-boot.jpg http://www.top-password.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/... > you will need more technical knowledge to sell Linux stuff, I would really really hope that a company installing and configuring Linux would have the technical chops to turn off a bios setting.

sp332 14y ago
All Windows 8 certified machines This only applies to x86 platforms. ARM-based "Windows RT" systems are locked down. I think you're right about this case but I think it's important to remember that some EFI secure boot systems can't be unlocked.
- cooldeal 14y ago
  Oh, please. A Windows RT system is not a Windows 8 certified machine, not even close, the capabilities are vastly different. Might as well point out that the "ARM-Based iOS systems" come with a locked bootloader.
- superuser2 14y ago
  Why would you want to buy an ARM based Linux machine?
  - sp332 14y ago
    The MS Surface is some pretty sweet hardware.
- bitwize 14y ago
  ARM-based Windows RT systems are also lead balloons in terms of sales. I think that the market will self-correct here, as no one wants ReTarded Windows, or a machine that can only run the same.
  - tracker1 14y ago
    I really wouldn't mind an RT based ARM system, if it were more price competitive (to even low-end x86 systems, and high end android), and wasn't using a locked boot loader. As it stands, no sale.
- glesica 14y ago
  Irrelevant unless the company in question was selling ARM-based systems (which is impossible since they refer to Windows 8 as something that has changed in their business model, and previous versions of Windows did not support ARM. So they must have been selling x86 machines.

sp332 14y ago

All Windows 8 certified machines This only applies to x86 platforms. ARM-based "Windows RT" systems are locked down. I think you're right about this case but I think it's important to remember that some EFI secure boot systems can't be unlocked.

cooldeal 14y ago
Oh, please. A Windows RT system is not a Windows 8 certified machine, not even close, the capabilities are vastly different. Might as well point out that the "ARM-Based iOS systems" come with a locked bootloader.
superuser2 14y ago
Why would you want to buy an ARM based Linux machine?
- sp332 14y ago
  The MS Surface is some pretty sweet hardware.
bitwize 14y ago
ARM-based Windows RT systems are also lead balloons in terms of sales. I think that the market will self-correct here, as no one wants ReTarded Windows, or a machine that can only run the same.
- tracker1 14y ago
  I really wouldn't mind an RT based ARM system, if it were more price competitive (to even low-end x86 systems, and high end android), and wasn't using a locked boot loader. As it stands, no sale.
glesica 14y ago
Irrelevant unless the company in question was selling ARM-based systems (which is impossible since they refer to Windows 8 as something that has changed in their business model, and previous versions of Windows did not support ARM. So they must have been selling x86 machines.