From: "RobertB." 

Including the BIOS/EFI activity?


In article ,
 "Robert Comer"  wrote:

> BootCamp does all the translation...
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> news:rb28-DC670F.19435810072006{at}w3.nls.net...
> > In article ,
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote:
> >
> >> XP SP2 doesn't use EFI itself either...
> >
> > Hmmm. Interesting. Beats me what they did then.
> > r.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob Comer
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> >> news:rb28-F35B64.11401510072006{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> > Well, there is BootCamp, but AFAIK, Vista did not work
with the current
> >> > Intel EFI. What works (officially) is XP with SP2 .
> >> > r.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In article ,
> >> > "Robert Comer"  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> There's a boot manager that you can install so you
can run Windows
> >> >> OS's
> >> >> on
> >> >> the Mac hardware, it does the translation between
EFI on legacy stuff.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Bob Comer
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> >> >> news:rb28-BAB08B.14234408072006{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> >> > How'd they get it on there? Vista is not
supposed to run on the new
> >> >> > Mac
> >> >> > hardware. I was led to understand that the new
MacIntel laptops use
> >> >> > EFI
> >> >> > and that Vista does not yet support that.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > r.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > In article ,
> >> >> > "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Hopefully they stabilized the Mac by
running Vista as a vm app
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/06/6883/
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> No, this isn't some marketing goof up, when
the Windows OS is
> >> >> >> superimposed
> >> >> >> over a piece of Apple hardware with the
Apple logo removed.
> >> >> >> Microsoft
> >> >> >> chose
> >> >> >> to install Windows Vista, as well as Office
2007 on a piece of Mac
> >> >> >> hardware,
> >> >> >> a MacBook Pro to be precise, to demonstrate
the power of their
> >> >> >> upcoming
> >> >> >> OS
> >> >> >> and application suite.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The presentation of windows vista and
office 2007 for a group of
> >> >> >> bloggers
> >> >> >> at
> >> >> >> Microsoft HQ in Diegem, Belgium. June 2006.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
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