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jmke	1st October 2010 19:48

Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds

The upgrade will spell the end for the 25-year-old PC start-up software known as Bios that initialises a machine so its operating system can get going.

The code was not intended to live nearly this long, and adapting it to modern PCs is one reason they take as long as they do to warm up.

Bios' replacement, known as UEFI, will predominate in new PCs by 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069

jmke	1st October 2010 19:50

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Bios' replacement, known as UEFI, will predominate in new PCs by 2011

OEM they refer to? have not seen adoption of UEFI in enthusiast parts... which are usually on the forefront of tech to become mainstream

wutske

1st October 2010 20:35

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Originally Posted by jmke (Post 262918)

OEM they refer to? have not seen adoption of UEFI in enthusiast parts... which are usually on the forefront of tech to become mainstream

All Macs already come with EFI, but that doesn't mean sh*t :-p

jmke	1st October 2010 22:43

for a long time, MACs were not considered PCs ;)

thorgal

3rd October 2010 21:09

Intel is making EFI boards already. I do think BIOS will not last too long any more.

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