Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista

[Currawong]

Microsoft bombshell: no EFI support for Vista

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.

Speaking at Intel Developer Forum San Francisco, Microsoft development manager, Andrew Ritz, also revealed that there will never be any support for booting Windows via EFI on systems with 32-bit processors.

Although Microsoft has previously said EFI booting would be supported by Vista, Ritz admitted that EFI support won't be seen in any version of Windows until the release of Longhorn Server. ...More...

[Taro Toporific]

Strange(typical?), Microsoft hasn't made mention of this on their EFI website.

Overview of U EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface)

[Charles]

Even if this is true, I don't see it as a huge problem. Vista is already running on VMWare under Linux on the intel iMac, it won't be long before it's running in a virtual machine under OS X. And who wants to reboot if they could just launch Windoze under OS X?

But if it IS true, there's going to be a whole lot more pissed off Windows people than Mac people. PC manufacturers that are already planning EFI systems will lose a bundle off this. But then, that's what happens when you make a deal with the devil, you are subject to the Evil One's whims.

[Neo-Rio]

Blah. The whole Vista thing doesn't impress me in the slightest. I couldn't care less for it. If I have to chuck out all my windows software to run it, I'll just move to Linux instead.

[nullpointer]

EFI is a key piece of the Trusted Computing framework. Some people would be glad it's gone, well, at least till Longhorn Server comes out.

[American Oyaji]

Two Things.

Nullpointer. Your sig. Bloody brilliant.

Secondly, why would people be glad EFI is gone?