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You can not change the boot loader on ARM for Windows 8. And you likely can not change it for Intel for next Windows version.

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The former claim is absolutely true, and I'm not happy about it. But that is surely the standard for all ARM devices out today, is it not? Locked bootloaders?

Anyway, the latter claim is purely conjecture. Why would they change convention once everyone has already implemented all this standard/custom mode stuff that they require for 8?

Apple and Android devices are all closed so that excuses Microsoft from doing the same? Guess again; they are all wrong.

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