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Because Bay Trail devices only came with a 32-bit UEFI making it impossible* to boot Linux. (*annoyingly obtuse to get it to work).

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It is possible to boot into Linux on some baytrail chromebooks, although it seems only through google's custom build of coreboot, good luck trying to compile coreboot yourself for it.

[Source](https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download...)

That was 2 gens ago. Did Cherry Trail have the same limitation?

It's likely 32 bit (http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-compute-stick-stk1aw32sc-r...) but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong.

Well if that the case, it's more likely to be an issue of a specific chipset. i.e. buying a computer in this day and age designed for 32bit Windows.

And I do sympathise with buyers of cheap tablets but by comparison, Intel had a couple of Bay Trail NUCs for which run 64bit Linux just fine.

It's a 64 bit chip with a questionably-implemented 32 bit UEFI. GRUB can do the "mixed mode" boot - 32 bit UEFI to 64 bit kernel. https://sturmflut.github.io/linux/ubuntu/2015/01/21/installi...

As far as I'm concerned, putting 32 bit Windows on them is purely a business decision.

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