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>Awful: often used to protect subsidies or other business model hijinks; can't install an alternate OS.

And there's the rub. Microsoft forbids manufacturers of ARM-based Windows devices from allowing customers to disable or customize secure boot.[0] I doubt they'll change that going forward.

>On an ARM system, it is forbidden to enable Custom Mode. Only Standard Mode may be enabled.

[0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/com...

parent ryukafalz 9 years ago

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