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Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 13.10.2011, 22:11

Is anybody really surprised by all of this? Sure, malware is a big problem, and I (halfway) wouldn't be surprised if that was part of their motivation. But then again, I doubt it.

It's too early to say for sure, but clearly they are "testing the waters" with these announcements. The OS is far from finalized as they wouldn't even commit to a year (2012) nor name (Windows 8) and had to retract Ballmer's statement!

Face it, they are putting all the pressure on the OEMs, who already eat out of their hand. I see no reason why they wouldn't all put "disable" features in them, but Red Hat already found out that some won't. Sad, really.

The upside is that (supposedly) Hyper-V will be included by default. But the weird twist to that is that it requires VT-X, which Intel is notorious for not including on all models. So MS is kinda pushing them back too, which is odd. I honestly would be surprised (though glad) if Intel gave in to that, but who knows.

In short, they want to be like Apple, "walled garden", app store, big app fees (30%), more consumer like a video game console or appliance, less open and modifiable like the IBM PC traditionally has been (which is arguably a mistake since that was why it succeeded).

It's also kinda sad (to me) that all this tablet, smartphone hype has permeated society so badly that it transforms Windows into a glorified mess (WinRT), yet another incompatible thing that nobody wanted. But at least Windows is going to ARM (though probably only in a limited fashion), which has been a plea for years from some people.

I dunno, only time will tell. (Though surprisingly their betas still have 32-bit versions too, not just 64-bit. But Win2000 also had a DEC Alpha version in betas too that was canceled at the last minute. Even OS/2 had a rare, quickly-abandoned PPC port. So there's no sure thing. Oh well.)

Complete thread:

• Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 05.10.2011, 18:04 (Users)
  • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 05.10.2011, 18:15
  • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - Laaca, 05.10.2011, 20:08
    • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 06.10.2011, 00:49
      • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - bretjohn, 07.10.2011, 23:16
        • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 11.10.2011, 10:24
          • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - marcov, 11.10.2011, 13:21
            • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 12.10.2011, 02:48
              • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - Rugxulo, 13.10.2011, 22:11
                • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - RayeR, 14.10.2011, 18:00
                  • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - Rugxulo, 16.10.2011, 20:47
                  • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - marcov, 16.10.2011, 22:30
                    • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - Rugxulo, 17.10.2011, 01:27
          • Win8 enforce UEFI secure boot on designed for Win8 computers - bretjohn, 11.10.2011, 16:58