[Ham-Mac] MacOSG.com and Intel based iMac

Sergei Ludanov kd6cji at mac.com
Wed Jan 11 18:24:40 EST 2006


On Jan 11, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Steve - VA3SPH wrote:
>
> Here is what I know on the VPC Windows/Intel....
>
> Apple will be doing nothing to prevent Windows from boot on the new  
> Intel based computers, however they are not supporting it either.
>
> As this is the latest generation of Intel chip a new boot system  
> (ROM) is in place called EFI.  Not sure if Windows is savy with EFI  
> yet.

Windows does not support EFI in current version. The first version to  
support EFI is said to be Vista.
This also will make more difficult for hackers  to try run OS X on  
generic Wintel boxes, as they don't come with EFI boot ROM yet...

73, Sergei KD6CJI




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