[GRLUG] Cheap Laptop Needed

[Greg Folkert]

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 16:07 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> How can Intel Macs not have a bios?  Something has to initialize everything.

Its called EFI or Extensible Firmware Interface.

As Intel puts it: It's the FEWCHOOR!

Apple has used it for quite a while now. It allows them to use different
tools for booting and other things such as Targeted booting from
external drives or a network card or a CD or DVD or even (if equipped)
and X-Serve array.

It is by no means ANYTHING like BIOS, as BIOS has tremendous
limitations.
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