stargate125645

I'm so used to using a keyboard that I hope they don't force me to use a mouse. Relearning how to do things is annoying when the old way you did it is embedded in your memory and is now a habit!

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DuckieHo

EFI is not just a GUI!!!!! Please read my post above... EFI is hopefully the replacement for the BIOS.

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joemaniaci

Listen to duckie, EFI just allows you have a GUI because the code they use is more complex, which is actually a good thing. The best part I think about it is that it takes much less time to write code for it I believe, and it should take less time to get fixes out to people. Plus I think it is almost like C++ or something along those lines, so more people would be able program them, hell I bet some of you guys could tweak your own BIOS.

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prosser13

The drivers being integrated...now that interests me

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[NuC] R4v3N

I dont mind a change...people seem to act as though a little bigger BIOS is going to take away from your 3dmark06 score or your Crysis frames....

nategr8ns

this looks really nice, and I dont care about the GUI as long as I can have those integrated drivers :P

I was just thinking about this at school as a way to speed up boot time without switching to Vista (which does boot faster than XP)

As long as MSI can get BIOS and firmware updates to me faster, sign me up.

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Flower

Would that benefit Linux users in any way?

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prosser13

I can't see motherboard companies having drivers in there which will be redundant when Microsoft changes the code structure of the OS so I guess so

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DuckieHo

The advantage of EFI is that MS can change all the code they want. The drivers are still the same. The motherboard companies don't provide the drivers. They just provide the EFI framework. The drivers themselves are still written by the same people as before.

The advantages of EFI are (http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles...0951165.html):
1) Faster development and bug checking
2) Smaller BIOS to shorten boot times
3) Offers full legacy support
4) Eliminates VGA dependency
5) Can be used with any Intel architecture.
6) BIOS size can exceed 1MB
7) Reduce device conflicts
8) One driver will work in multiple OS including 32/64-bit
9) Highly configurable. It does not even need to load the full OS to make the PC usable.




http://www.uefi.org/about/
Basically, a very simple BIOS still has to remain. Just so the motherboard can post and initialize keyboard. Then EFI would take over.

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The Duke

" 9) Highly configurable. It does not even need to load the full OS to make the PC usable."
Intriguing!

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