On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:25 PM, David W. Hodgins <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:27:32 -0400, Alejandro López <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it mentioned >> somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, but chances are that >> he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, and will invent the answer. >> > > The best way, in my opinion, is to find out what motherboard is in the > system, find the user manual online, and check it out. > > Given the story at > http://www.h-online.com/**security/news/item/Aldi-PC-** > becomes-first-retail-PC-with-**UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html<http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html> > at present, anything that has been on the market for more than 1 month, > will NOT have secure boot available, let alone not be able to be disabled. > > So, it's only going to become a problem at some point in the future. > This was very isntructive. Thanks. Alejandro. > > Regards, Dave Hodgins >
