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| Thread ID: 125970 | 2012-07-30 11:23:00 | Secure boot | johnd (85) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1291691 | 2012-08-03 20:44:00 | Never seen this I presume? ;) http://www.idroidproject.org/ |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1291692 | 2012-08-04 13:03:00 | I'm not sure what you mean by "any OEM tablet running Windows RT is nothing like the iPad" That just proves my point that you don't know what you are talking about then. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1291693 | 2012-08-04 13:33:00 | Actually, Nathan is quite credible I would say... One of the few who would be uniquely qualified to comment on the matter to be honest :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1291694 | 2012-08-04 21:41:00 | Actually, Nathan is quite credible I would say... One of the few who would be uniquely qualified to comment on the matter to be honest :) While that may be so how is an OEM tablet running Windows RT anything like the iPad. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1291695 | 2012-08-05 02:57:00 | While that may be so how is an OEM tablet running Windows RT anything like the iPad. Simply becasue the OS is locked down. Able to install linux? Nope. Able to upgrade the OS? Nope. Software is only sold preloaded on the hardware? Yup. That's why. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1291696 | 2012-08-05 05:03:00 | Simply becasue the OS is locked down. Able to install linux? Nope. Able to upgrade the OS? Nope. Software is only sold preloaded on the hardware? Yup. That's why. Well give me a good reason as to why MS are treating their Arm OS differently. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1291697 | 2012-08-05 05:28:00 | In what way? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1291698 | 2012-08-05 05:33:00 | In what way? With the Arm version MS are not allowing the disabling of secure boot but with Windows 8 they are. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1291699 | 2012-08-05 10:05:00 | They've wanted to do it with the Desktop version for ages too IIRC. On top of that, it's the whole "We're doing the hardware AND we're doing the software" motto... I dunno, don't really care too much either. I'm not going to be buying one of their tablets, but the likes of corporations (Who my money says will be large adopters of them) will see that and go "Ah OK cool, one more 'security' measure up their sleeve, awesome!". I'm not saying I agree with the whole ordeal, just saying it's their call. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1291700 | 2012-08-05 10:44:00 | They've wanted to do it with the Desktop version for ages too IIRC. On top of that, it's the whole "We're doing the hardware AND we're doing the software" motto... I dunno, don't really care too much either. I'm not going to be buying one of their tablets, but the likes of corporations (Who my money says will be large adopters of them) will see that and go "Ah OK cool, one more 'security' measure up their sleeve, awesome!". I'm not saying I agree with the whole ordeal, just saying it's their call. I don't have a problem with them doing it with the Surface which they are producing but I do have a problem with OEM's being forced to when the same isn't applying to Windows 8. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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