> And recall, OEMs can always ship with Win8 logo and not use hardening (or even UEFI at all).
Sorry? I'm confused on this one.
* From the MS slides ( http://video.ch9.ms/build/2011/slides/HW-457T_van_der_Hoeven... ): "UEFI and secure boot harden the boot process [...] Required for Windows 8 client"
* From the Garrett post ( http://mjg59.livejournal.com/138973.html ): "Microsoft requires that machines conforming to the Windows 8 logo program and running a client version of Windows 8 ship with secure boot enabled"
* From the IT World post linked up here: "And not just any old UEFI layer, either, but secure UEFI. Meaning a hardened boot process"
What am I mis-reading or missing? I'm not being testy, I just think you must have spotted something I missed. Thanks