dponmac Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 With all this EFI talk, I'm hearing Vista will support EFI as well. what does this mean for everyone? we have to all by new hardware to run the new OS? or is this going to be backwards compatible? i heard something about being able to upgrade the existing BIOS. what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 With all this EFI talk, I'm hearing Vista will support EFI as well. what does this mean for everyone? we have to all by new hardware to run the new OS? No, not with regards to EFI. or is this going to be backwards compatible? Yes. i heard something about being able to upgrade the existing BIOS. what do you think? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcslayer Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Vista will include a non EFI version. All stuff will be packed in one DVD (or serveral CDs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Several CDs? Man they need to give up cds altogether... *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hey! Some of us haven't moved to DVD drives yet! But I agree....multiple CD's is a pain in the arse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkhead Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I think if you don't have a DVD drive you probably shouldnt' be allowed to move onto Windows Vista. bleck. EFI will be "hacked" to run Windows XP and Vista. I'm already working on learning code for EFI, and have contacted Intel for further examples of EFI bios emulation. I'm hoping the EFI chip inside of the iMac is removeable so I can replace it with the demo EFI chip from Intel. I'll know within a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Lol....very true inkhead... Anyways, reading over at the Nakful Propoganda Blog, it seems that the EFI code included with Vista may not be complete. I don't know how much proof there is of this, but some believe that the code is incomplete, which is why it wont get any further than "Press any key to boot from CD"... So it may be that Vista itself is the barrier right now, and not the Macintel's themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldimeneira Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 what does this mean for everyone? you mean PC users? we have to all by new hardware to run the new OS? Yes (to run Vista). or is this going to be backwards compatible? No, but it will run some programs of some older Windows versions. i heard something about being able to upgrade the existing BIOS. what do you think? The BIOS is old, EFI is the next thing. EFI is not DRM, but it enables TPM and TPM can enable (via OS) DRM. However, I will like to have the choice to have EFI but not TPM, or at least EFI and TPM but an OS that is compatible with both and don't enable DRM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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