<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">You may have to delete the trailing quote on the URL.<div><br></div><div>We hadn’t yet added dual-boot support for Console OS and Windows 8.1. I think we’ll have to wait for the full details - the team winced when I brought up the notion of cramming 8.1 and Console OS onto the same 4GB eMMC… but anything’s possible with USB and SATA.<br><div><br></div><div>Really nice news overall. It’ll be interesting to hear if Microsoft offers some Windows license akin to Windows 8.1 with Bing for the MAX. Right now a Windows 8.1 standard license rivals the cost of the Minnowboard MAX itself!</div><div><br></div><div>Microsoft does hint that won’t be an issue at least for developers:</div><div><br></div><div>“<b style="font-family: SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The ability for developers to download a copy of Windows OS </b><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: SegoeUI, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">from MSDN, where they will also find a link pointing to a location where all board-specific drivers will be hosted. In addition, Microsoft will provide scripts to help deploy the OS onto a USB key, or to boot from a USB key and deploy the OS to internal storage.</span>"</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 25, 2014, at 2:16 PM, David Rolfe <<a href="mailto:David@montala.co.uk">David@montala.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Hi,</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Before I watched the live broadcast this evening
(in the U.K.) I had no idea that I was buying an officially Microsoft supported
Windows Development Board... but now I have!</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">What a pleasant surprise!</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Check out
“<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/hardwaredevboard”">http://msdn.microsoft.com/hardwaredevboard”</a> for more details!</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Interesting times ahead I think.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Regards,</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">David</font></div></div></div></div>
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