Blackberry Playbook Upgraded to Windows 8

**Dynex17** · 04-10-2012, 12:11 PM

Hello,

I am new here and I have a simple question.

When Windows 8 comes out can I upgrade my tablet to it? Also if I don't like Windows 8 did there a way to go backwards to the Blackberry OS?

Thanks!

**Laura Knotek** · 04-10-2012, 12:12 PM

It is not possible. The Playbook has a locked bootloader, so it cannot run any OS beside one provided by RIM.

You would need to buy a Windows 8 tablet.

**byul** · 04-10-2012, 12:15 PM

Like lak611 said it's not possible to load Windows 8 or any other OS on your PlayBook.

**Dynex17** · 04-10-2012, 12:26 PM

What is I root the device? Can I unlock the bootloader?

**spencerdl** · 04-10-2012, 12:26 PM

I'm not sure, but I think the TROLL knows that

**byul** · 04-10-2012, 12:28 PM

Root the device. And no you can't unlock the bootloader by rooting it.

http://forums.crackberry.com/playbook-rooting-f256/

**glamrlama** · 04-10-2012, 12:47 PM

Short answer: NO

Even Shorter answer: N

Also in response to your hypothetical question I have another hypothetical question. What on earth makes you think Windows 8 is an upgrade over OS2

**phoreoneone** · 04-10-2012, 12:58 PM

You would actually have to end up rooting the device and changing the boot system. In all likeness its impossible.

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**Bakamushi** · 04-10-2012, 01:03 PM

Just a humble note for moderators : I don't think large images showing despise constitute valid answers, and participate to literacy on an online forum.

**spencerdl** · 04-10-2012, 01:15 PM

...........and????

**zethaaron** · 04-10-2012, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Bakamushi

Just a humble note for moderators : I don't think large images showing despise constitute valid answers, and participate to literacy on an online forum.

I believe you meant discussions, as literacy could be me making a list of swear words. And also, that picture seems pretty legit to me.

**ffejrobins30** · 04-11-2012, 08:56 PM

I think the dumbest part of the OP's question is also the one that seems overlooked...Windows 8 considered an upgrade???

**grahamf** · 04-11-2012, 10:09 PM

Windows on Arm will only be released to manufacturers to install onto their devices, hence the built in re-install that does not use installation media.

Even if there was a way to unlock the PlayBook's bootloader to run a different OS, you may not be able to get Windows 8 on it.

**grahamf** · 04-12-2012, 01:16 AM

I think the title needs to be reworded into a question. Mods, please?

**Bakamushi** · 04-12-2012, 02:26 AM

Yes I agree about the retitling.

Originally Posted by ffejrobins30

I think the dumbest part of the OP's question is also the one that seems overlooked...Windows 8 considered an upgrade???

Everywhere else in the world, moving from a minority and stagnating OS to a rich and consistently developed OS is considered an upgrade.

It is exclusively on Crackberry, and on Crackberry exclusively on the playbook forums part, that ANY sentence of common sense is denied.

**grahamf** · 04-12-2012, 02:57 AM

Oh? How many Metro applications are there versus PlayBook applications? You could only hypothetically run the ARM version of Windows 8, which is not the "rich and consistently developed OS" that Windows on x86 is.

In fact, Windows on ARM is completely unproven and could fail worse than WebOS or Kin. No one outside of Microsoft or key manufacturers have even SEEN Windows on ARM. Everyone so far has been using Windows 8 on their current computers, and they are happy because they have access to all of their original applications. So just because Windows on ARM will be incompatible with all current Windows apps, that does NOT mean that developers are all going to go through the process of rebuilding their applications to run on Metro. In fact, it is very possible that application development will not exceed PlayBook/BB10's, let alone Android or iOS.