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ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 announced

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Re: ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 announced

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:38 am
by ThinkRob
BillMorrow wrote:maybe i'm showing my disinterest in android but will win 8 for tablets require specific hardware thus freezing android tablet owners out of using windohs..?
The reverse, actually. For ARM tablets, Microsoft is requiring OEMs to (try to) prevent the loading of "untrusted code", i.e. competing operating systems, via something they're calling Secure Boot.

In other words: ARM-powered Windows tablets are substantially less-useful than their x86 cousins.

Re: ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 announced

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:51 am
by BillMorrow
what i want to know is can i swap windows for android..?

Re: ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 announced

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:57 pm
by ThinkRob
BillMorrow wrote:what i want to know is can i swap windows for android..?
If it's ARM-based and the manufacturer has applied for and been granted the "Designed for Windows" branding, then Secure Boot must not be able to be disabled, hence: no.
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