Windows 8 limits owners from booting non-Windows operating systems on ARM tablets.
Goodbye, BIOS (Basic Input Output System), an outmoded tool (can't boot from disks larger than 2 terabytes for one example). Hello, UEFI (United Extensible Firmware Interface), that works like BIOS but with much more security built in. And that security, by demanding digital signatures of operating systems, will allow Microsoft to block non-Windows OSs from booting, particularly on tablets running the ARM processor.
Some freedom for "modders" and Linux fans remain, since x86 systems running Windows 8 must allow the user to turn off the digital certificate requirement. But since tablets are the new hot platform, locking up Windows 8 tablets from operating system modifications really aggravates some people.
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