R. Bear Helms Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 eWeek article shows that Apple has had dual-booting on the brain for quite some time... early plans in fact were meant to accommodate just that thing. I infer that EFI actually isn't a copy protection mechanism, but more of a facilitator for multiple OS equipped macs. Since OS X doesn't need a BIOS, but some less-fruity Operating Systems do, this may well be a good mechanism to give the Core Duo at least one operating system per core! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8996-press-article-on-macs-dual-booting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 My thoughts are echoed in this article. By not making it easy to dual-boot Xp on their hardware, they are encouraging piracy because it's the only way to do it! I would buy their hardware if it was duo-bootable. How can they fail to see the demand for this? Hopefully, it's being planned for the future. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29710 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8996-press-article-on-macs-dual-booting/#findComment-56901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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