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No EFI Support for Vista

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the apples-and-oranges dept.

DietFluffy writes "Microsoft revealed today that it will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who had hoped they would be able to dual-boot between Windows Vista and OS X. Intel Macs only support booting via EFI."

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  1. No. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No.

  2. WTF? Daypass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's with this daypass thing? You might as well make it mandatory (ie. gamespy) for entering the site. It's not any less annoying the way it's done now..

    1. Re:WTF? Daypass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Haha, I must have gotten mine right before the time period for them expired. Got it at 1:03 my time, browsed for a couple minutes with my "day pass", came back 10 or 15 minutes later and I didn't have it any more. "Day" pass. Right.

  3. frost p155 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frost p155

  4. Get your product out there TODAY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://mossmailer.tk/

    I can help!

    Mozasaur.

  5. Re:elilo? by jb.hl.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Give steve jobs some of his own cancer

    I'm fairly sure that if Steve Jobs had cancer, it would already be his own. Bill wouldn't need to do anything.

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  6. mod 0p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for election, I However I don't Whatever path is brilliant plan a super-organised those obliga7ions. one common goal - very distracting to I know it sux0rs, been sitting here

  7. Re:Leader of the pack, not by MrNiCeGUi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, and if I had no feet I wouldn't wear shoes either. So, what's your point?

  8. The revenge of Apple by Mr.+Funky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The revenge of Apple will be a one-button mouse that WILL NOT support Vista, heh !

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  9. Re:Leader of the pack, not by backwardMechanic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry to throw a Linux comment into a Windows thread, but here goes... There's so much talk about Linux lacking drivers, but I get the impression that Windows is lacking support for more and more devices. It'd be sad if Windows and Linux hardware support levels off in the middle, rather than Linux coming up to the Windows level. I don't use Windows any more, so maybe I'm getting the wrong impression?

  10. Re:One little error. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What does "pendantic" mean?

  11. Re:One little error. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pendant-like.

    Like your man boobs.

  12. Re:Vista not to natively support protected mode by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The parent takes a wise-ass shot at Microsoft and gets modded +5 funny. I retaliate with a shot at Apple and get modded Flamebait?!? Shit, I *REALLY* hate /. sometimes.

    Oh, and BTW, I also planned on taking a shot at Random LinuxGeek too. But that gag was way too complex to set up and didn't support my keyboard or video card, so I gave up on it.

    -Eric

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