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Re:Chromebook (Exynos 5, 2GB) Takes Top Place In Laptop Sale... by ConstantineXVI on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:49AM (#4997220)
Worth pointing out that CrOS's "secure boot" is somewhat unique among mainstream OSes in that it still respects the user's wishes by design[0] (aka developer mode), unlike iOS, WinRT, and (with some exceptions) Android devices.

[0] http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/f...

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Re:Chromebook (Exynos 5, 2GB) Takes Top Place In Laptop Sale... by drivebyacct2 on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @12:15PM (#4997725)
New HTC, Motorola and Samsung devices have unlocked bootloaders, not to mention the generally superior Nexus brand anyway. The "exception" is locked bootloaders and that's pretty much a Verizon thing these days.
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