by capio » Jan 18th, '14, 11:58
Thanks Peter, for your comments, , the more I search for a solution, the more i agree with you, it seems Microsoft are using thier power to influence manufacturers, hence why sell 'windows 8 only lap tops', my particular laptop, is not even officially supported with windows 7 drivers (the manucaturer Acer told me directly), they limit the bios options by 'hiding' advanced options' such as virtual machine.
If I could dump windows today I would, but I am relatively new to linux and not sufficiently confident yet to do so, and there are thousands like me in the same dilemma.
Anyway I will persevere, I never liked being told by other people what i should do, i prefer to make my own choice, as do most people, and I believe Microsoft have made a huge mistake with windows 8 and their arrogant philosophy of trying forcing the world to use their systems. I wonder if some of the large businesses and corporations who use windows are aware that with one push of a button their entire management systems, files and records could be destroyed, maybe a bit far fetched, but it entirely possible.
Anyway i think this is a great opertunity, because of the backlash of windows 8 for all the development gurus in Linux to really push for a system/ method that can easily and smoothly run alongside windows on a single harddrive in using EFI, because it is not going away.
Thanks