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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20120814/3a68d446/attachment-0001.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20120814/3a68d446/attachment-0001.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2ea229491 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/attachments/20120814/3a68d446/attachment-0001.html @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:25 PM, David W. Hodgins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidwhodgins@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidwhodgins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> +On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:27:32 -0400, Alejandro López <<a href="mailto:listas.apl@gmail.com" target="_blank">listas.apl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> +<br> +<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> +How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it mentioned<br> +somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, but chances are that<br> +he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, and will invent the answer.<br> +</blockquote> +<br> +The best way, in my opinion, is to find out what motherboard is in the<br> +system, find the user manual online, and check it out.<br> +<br> +Given the story at<br> +<a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html" target="_blank">http://www.h-online.com/<u></u>security/news/item/Aldi-PC-<u></u>becomes-first-retail-PC-with-<u></u>UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html</a><br> + +at present, anything that has been on the market for more than 1 month,<br> +will NOT have secure boot available, let alone not be able to be disabled.<br> +<br> +So, it's only going to become a problem at some point in the future.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>This was very isntructive. Thanks.<br><br><br>Alejandro.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> + +<br> +Regards, Dave Hodgins<br> +</blockquote></div><br> |