2012/8/12 Tony Blackwell <[email protected]>: > Goh Lip wrote: > "Personally, as things stand as it is, I'd opt for disabling secure boot and > if Windows 8 won't boot (with disabled secure boot), so be it." > > My current understanding from communications with ASUS and Gigabyte is that > their BIOS's will not provide any way to disable secure boot. Does anyone > have further info re this?
If these informations are correct then both are not respecting Microsoft's "rules": Microsoft requirements for standard desktop computers bearing the Windows 8 logo say that Secure Boot can be disabled. Since 4 weeks a big German OEM (Medion) for the mass market offers a PC with UEFI, where UEFI is disabled by default. The MoBo is a MSI-Mainboard MS-7800. The PC comes with Windows 7 and an upgrade option for Windows 8. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html The only architecture Microsoft demands a UEFI which can't be disabled is the ARM architecture. Personally I must admit that I never thought that SuSE nor Fedora would spread Microsoft FUD. Still they do. Mageia should not pay any attention.
