OEMs Allowed To Lock Secure Boot In Windows 10 Computers

jones_supa writes: Hardware that sports the "Designed for Windows 8" logo requires machines to support UEFI Secure Boot. When the feature is enabled, the core software components used to boot the machine are verified for correct cryptographic signatures, or the system refuses to boot. This is a desirable security feature, because it protects from malware sneaking into the boot process. However, it has an issue for alternative operating systems, because it's likely they won't have a signature that Secure Boot will authorize. No worries, because Microsoft also mandated that every system must have a UEFI configuration setting to turn the protection off, allowing booting other operating systems. This situation may now change. At its WinHEC hardware conference in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft said the setting to allow Secure Boot to be turned off will become optional when Windows 10 arrives. Hardware can be "Designed for Windows 10," and offer no way to opt out of the Secure Boot lock down. The choice to provide the setting (or not) will be up to the original equipment manufacturer.

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People still buy them? They just aren't worth the money they cost. Cheap out on the motherboard, they don't display that in the specs. If it has a dedicated GPU the price usually goes up a lot more than the value of the card. You pay for what you don't need, somtimes they stick some high end i7 cpu with the lowest x50 series Nvidia GPU. It all seems like a scam to me for those that lack knowledge of hardware.