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minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey’re BIOS locked and only accept Windows keys. On the plus side. Tuxedo is developing Linux notebooks with the same powerful, low-power ARM chips.
minus-squaremorbidcactus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYeah, I assumed so, really dislike that you can’t do what you want with hardware you own.
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoTheir source is they made it the fuck up. The most recent devices from previous generations running Windows on ARM weren’t boot locked. Only the surface RT was boot locked.
They’re BIOS locked and only accept Windows keys. On the plus side. Tuxedo is developing Linux notebooks with the same powerful, low-power ARM chips.
Yeah, I assumed so, really dislike that you can’t do what you want with hardware you own.
Their source is they made it the fuck up. The most recent devices from previous generations running Windows on ARM weren’t boot locked. Only the surface RT was boot locked.