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RE: How about that windows 8?
(02/12/2012 08:56 AM)trademark91 Wrote: Secure boot now makes it possible for hardware and software companies to not allow you to use an alternative OS. That means that the more invasive Windows gets, the less ability wee'll have to use something different.
I don't see that being any different then a Mac. But the benefit of a PC, you can turn UEFI off if you want to.
(02/12/2012 09:40 AM)Joom Wrote: Yeah, I don't really see the point in boot security. How many BIOS rootkits actually exist? Two? Three? The ones that do exist are very rare and typically won't make it to your computer.
That's what they said about Mac viruses, and look what Flashback did
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