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I think this will ONLY make it harder to pirate windows. Installing linux and OS X should still be possible.
The problem may also stretch beyond just the OS, according to Garrett. Since any hardware in the PC also needs to be authenticated, installing new components in a Windows 8 PC may pose a challenge.
"A hardware vendor cannot run their hardware inside the EFI environment unless their drivers are signed with a key that's included in the system firmware," wrote Garrett. "If you install a new graphics card that either has unsigned drivers, or drivers that are signed with a key that's not in your system firmware, you'll get no graphics support in the firmware."
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-2...es-windows-8-secure-boot-issue/#ixzz1Z4w1jzpu
simple run a "fake" ******** ******on your machine or a machine in your LAN and in your host file tell the computer to go to your******************************************************* *************this is how people played SC2 beta with no beta key
well TBH archer i didnt link anythign or give any specifics, as i see it; it is common knowledge for people that dont know, why try to hide information that everyone should know exists.
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OK Ill bite... why do you feel this way?
I mean jeeze, wasn't there a lawsuit against microsoft because they included media player and IE with windows xp? If that's considered wrong by bundling those programs then forcing the use of windows certainly will be.