[Arm-netbook] Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

[Bari Ari]

On 01/14/2012 09:20 AM, Alain Williams wrote:
> It is nothing fundemenal to ARM CPUs, it is about the whole machine.
>
> That is if those who make hardware platforms decide to play ball with MS.
> Some will, some won't, some will provide multiple platforms: those with MS restrictions, those without.
>
> MS have tried this before, google for the Fritz chip and palladium. It doesn't
> seem to have gone very far.
>
>
One of the interesting comments on /. about this is M$ having control 
over Office applications. If enterprise users can easily move from x86 
desktops and easily manipulate and interact with the same files on a 
mobile ARM system M$ might get some traction. But again they are very 
late to the party.

One the other hand Wintel has done a magnificent job of keeping ARM out 
of the notebook/netbook space. Intel has also kept Atom designs from 
offering larger displays and full features in netbooks.

I also still find it amusing when people say that they don't care much 
for AMD since they aren't up to snuff to run their browser, email and 
music/movie player or they are not fully compatible with x86 or something.

The tablet fad is wearing off and the banksters are choking off the 
money supply to people engineered to purchase fads and status symbols 
like the i-whatevers. Until there is a push back from the have not's or 
have-much-less, IMHO low cost solutions that actually work and are user 
friendly will be very popular.

/rant

-Bari