It's called EFI. It's the new interface between the OS and hardware. It's supported in one way or another by most OS vendors. Reading about it I'm not sure it's a step ahead as much as a sidestep. Seems like one more thing that can get corrupted since it sits on the HD.
OS X will run on legacy BIOS as well as EFI. Mike On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More than that I think it is something similar to the way the original IBM > checked the BIOS (Apple calls it something different) that does not allow > Leopard to run on a Dell. > > Dell does have higher end machines. They bought Alienware a couple of > years ago. > > Stewart > > At 03:38 PM 4/18/2008, you wrote: > > > Since the insides of an Apple machine are mostly COTS stuff anyway, > > and run Windows really, really well in most press reports, it would > > seem logical that Dell or some other player would wrap a case around > > those parts and let it loose in the world. I suppose the problem is > > that because Apple uses pretty good hardware, it would not necessarily > > be a cheap computer. > > > > Matthew > > > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Prince of Peace > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
