Asus mobo with UEFI sneak peek

For all the strides PCs make toward greater speed and sophistication, hitting that delete key after startup always feels like stepping back in time. The age-old and seemingly timeless BIOS lives on, having been retired in only a minority of systems—Macs being among the notable trailblazers. Could the arrival of Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs and assorted platforms in 2011 finally see the end of the BIOS in enthusiast machines?