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Old 08-16-2012, 12:50 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
It probably won't, or will take six to eight months for the hid-multitouch driver to get the proper device codes. You probably didn't see how long it took to get support for the Dell Duo, which could've been a poster child Linux tablet if Dell hadn't given it a defective BIOS and encryption chip.

The biggie is going to be whether or not GRUB can bootload for it or if the bootloader will be in the BIOS. If it runs like an Android device, then it'll probably be stuck.
As the things stand at this time, it will be impossible to run any other operating system on any Win 8 ARM machines:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/...ocks-down-ARM/

Any vendor that wishes to sell Windows 8 ARM on their tablet has to implement that UEFI requirement, and any Win8 ARM tablet will be locked to windows.
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