Windows 8’s New Bootloader More of an OS, Less of a Boot Menu?

NeoSmart Technologies has published a (fairly colorful and strongly-opinionated?) article on the new Windows 8 “touch-friendly” boot menu, and how in many ways it has come to resemble a mini-OS more than a traditional boot loader, introducing a completely new boot sequence and possibly even operating in protected mode. Also touches briefly on changes relating to the new “Secure Boot” initiative.

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