No EFI Support on Windows Vista?
APCMag reports that Microsoft has made comments that the upcoming version of Microsoft Windows Vista will not support Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) booting as some had expected.
Many Intel Mac owners were expecting that Windows Vista support for EFI would allow users to easily boot the newest version of Windows on their Macs. The Intel Macs only incorporate EFI booting, while older PCs typically use BIOS.
ZDNet quotes an Apple Senior Software Architect who expressed his doubts that Vista would be easily bootable on the Intel Macs. Support for EFI booting was initially planned for only 64-bit versions of Windows while all Intel Macs presently have 32-bit chips (Core Duo). As well, he admits that Apple has not included much legacy code in their EFI implementation which would allow older BIOS dependent software from being directly supported.
Many Intel Mac owners were expecting that Windows Vista support for EFI would allow users to easily boot the newest version of Windows on their Macs. The Intel Macs only incorporate EFI booting, while older PCs typically use BIOS.
ZDNet quotes an Apple Senior Software Architect who expressed his doubts that Vista would be easily bootable on the Intel Macs. Support for EFI booting was initially planned for only 64-bit versions of Windows while all Intel Macs presently have 32-bit chips (Core Duo). As well, he admits that Apple has not included much legacy code in their EFI implementation which would allow older BIOS dependent software from being directly supported.
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77 months ago
Category: Microsoft
Link: Vista will NOT boot on Intel Macs
Description:: Just minutes ago, Microsoft dropped a bombshell at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco (after the main conference had closed): there will be no EFI boot support for Windows Vista when it is released - it'll only be in "Longhorn server"; Microsoft is not going to allow EFI booting for 32-bit systems (which counts out all the Intel Macs released to date) and it can't say when EFI support WILL be implemented in Windows. Apparently we will have to wait for a "future 64-bit version" of Windows client. Australian Personal Computer Magazine has the full story.
Posted on MacBytes.com
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77 months ago
I might have to switch back to Windows then.
Oh well.
Anyone want to buy the iMac in my sig?
Oh well.
Anyone want to buy the iMac in my sig?
77 months ago
I might have to switch back to Windows then.
Oh well.
Anyone want to buy the iMac in my sig?
why do you need to switch back to windows based on this news? you've got a G5 imac, seems irrelevant whether or not vista will boot on an intel mac.
77 months ago
I might have to switch back to Windows then.
Oh well.
Anyone want to buy the iMac in my sig?
For free? I'll pay shipping...
:D
77 months ago
Wait, so they use BIOS now right? Are they going to continue this? Isn't EFI the newer, better way to go rather than BIOS? Cuz right now this sounds like Microsoft trying to cut corners. But then again when haven't they cut corners?
77 months ago
I might have to switch back to Windows then.
Oh well.
Anyone want to buy the iMac in my sig?
why do you need to switch back to windows based on this news? you've got a G5 imac, seems irrelevant whether or not vista will boot on an intel mac.
yea, I dont get it. did you buy a mac just 2 weeks ago in hopes of booting into windows in 3 months?
im guessing sarcasim or retardisim
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