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BIOS Will Be Dead In Three Years

Posted by kdawson on from the legacy-notwithstanding dept.

Stoobalou writes with news that MSI is planning a big shift towards UEFI (universal extensible firmware interface) at the end of 2010, possibly spelling the beginning of the end of the BIOS as we know it. "It's the one major part of the computer that's still reminiscent of the PC's primordial, text-based beginnings, but the familiarly clunky BIOS could soon be on its deathbed, according to MSI. The motherboard maker says it's now making a big shift towards point-and-click UEFI systems, and it's all going to kick off at the end of this year. Speaking to Thinq, a spokesperson for the company in Taiwan who wished to remain anonymous said, 'MSI will start to phase in UEFI starting from the end of this year, and we expect it will be widely adopted after three years.'"

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  1. A GUI for the motherboard? by logjon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Absolutely brilliant! Why didn't I think of it?

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    1. Re:A GUI for the motherboard? by couchslug · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Perhaps Symantec needs to update its Ghost to run on Linux, for example"

      Linux runs fine, who needs Ghost?

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    2. Re:A GUI for the motherboard? by cupantae · · Score: 2, Funny

      Okay, conspiracy theorists. If we are in the "Brave New World", where the fuck is my free drugs and obligatory orgies?

      I wish there was a mod option for "poorly formed sig".

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    3. Re:A GUI for the motherboard? by cupantae · · Score: 5, Funny

      I haven't seen a floppy in almost 10 years.

      I'm glad you got over your erectile dysfunction.

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  2. But... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bios sounds cooler and is easier to say. (Yoo-fee? Yoo-Figh? ooweef... damnit)

    And whenever that clunky UI comes up, computer illiterate people go into a daze and stop asking so many questions.

    I guess I'll start spending as much time with it as I can before it goes away... Start - Shutdown - Restart. F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12 F12

  3. Increasingly old and gray gen-xer says by phrackwulf · · Score: 3, Funny

    You kids today with your GUI firmware. Spoiled rotten! That's what you are! WHEEZE.. Excuse me while I go get more of these tattoo's removed. Ouch, arthritis.

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  4. That;s okay - I'll just get another battery for it by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Funny

    n/t

  5. So we get to replace a simplisitc load of crap... by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...with an insanely complex load of crap (but it's "graphical" so it must be better).

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  6. Re:What is the point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    can't remember the last time I adjusted something in the BIOS so I don't care

    This is slashdot. Please turn in your nerd card.

  7. Re:I read the article... by vlm · · Score: 5, Funny

    If phrases like, "CMOS Settings," and, "IDE Controller," aren't descriptive enough for you, or they seem complicated and semi-unintelligible

    Replaced with icons that look meaningless like squashed bugs, and names like "My CMOS Settings" and "My IDE Controller"

    And Clippy. Don't forget Clippy.

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  8. Re:Oh, I hope not by LordVader717 · · Score: 4, Funny

    512 partitions should be enough for anyone.

  9. Re:I read the article... by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do, I just felt like playing the role of the pissed off crotchety old man, rather than the snarky but optimistic slashdotter. Don't worry, tomorrow I'll be playing the role of McBeth so all my posts will be in Elizabethan. =D

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  10. Re:I read the article... by msclrhd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see you are trying to boot your computer.

    Do you want to:
            * mess around with the boot options to make it non-functional?
            * reformat your drive containing critical key data?
            * boot into the all new ClippyOS 3.1?

  11. Re:I read the article... by Nimey · · Score: 2, Funny

    J. Random User doesn't care about partitions, and doesn't want to fool around with the things. Eventually drives will commonly be bigger than 2TB.

    Also 640K should be enough for anyone.

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