EFI, PCs and OS X

[cbrain]

Hi!

Quick question, if EFI comes to PC's, won't that mean that you will be able to rum OS X on them? I hope not!

 

[Osarkon]

Why would EFI come to PC's?

 

[miniConvert]

Why would EFI come to PC's?

It's bound to eventually, BIOS is pretty ancient.

FWIW I don't believe it's just EFI that separates OS X from generic PC's, but I could be mistaken.

 

[SmurfBoxMasta]

It's bound to eventually, BIOS is pretty ancient.

NOT if M$ has anything to say about it, and believe me, they DO!

Ancient? hell that's MS's specialty after all....look how long they've kept DOS & 3.1 code alive in Windblows............

 

[robbieduncan]

Apple could start using the hardware TPM modules that they appear to be building into all new Macs more seriously. This would lock out all but the most determined...

 

[MisterMe]

Why would EFI come to PC's?

In fact, Vista was slated to support EFI. However, Microsoft removed EFI support from 32-bit Windows after Apple announced its switch to Intel. IIRC, EFI support is an integral part of 64-bit Vista.

 

[pilotError]

There are a handful of EFI PC's available today.

Gateway used to sell a home media system that was EFI based.

There are a few more out there too.

 

[janey]

Quick question, if EFI comes to PC's, won't that mean that you will be able to rum OS X on them? I hope not!

This is well against Apple's licensing for MacOSX, but here's a good page on it from the guys who gave the world osx86:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/EFI