[geeks] "Lord SJobs... ARISE" ... Apple has moved to the Dark Side

Micah R Ledbetter vlack-lists at vlack.com
Thu Jan 12 22:04:33 CST 2006


Phil Brutsche wrote:

> You see, they need the motherboard manufacturers to support EFI... oh,
> but will they do it without Windows support?  And why should Windows on
> x86 or x86-64 support EFI if no motherboards do?  Chicken and the egg.

x86-64 versions of XP do support EFI, though the current Apples are
32-bit. Also, it is generally believed that there are hacks which will
allow you to put even a regular 32-bit XP disc in and install from that,
though no such thing has yet surfaced (obviously).

 - Micah



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