Exclusive: BIOS will be dead in three years

Thinq ^ | 6/8/2010

[free_life]

Will UEFI be vulnerable to virus / malware attacks?

The BIOS really operates your system the OS just relays the instructions and adds user features.

[Billthedrill]

I’m building a blade server based on this right now. It’s long overdue. Now, it’s a little tough explaining to the boss why the stuff he’s used to looking at his entire career isn’t there anymore, but that’s about the only downside. It isn’t that the basic functionality addressed by BIOS has gone away, only the means of effecting it.

[Bob]

Let's see, do you suppose it's important for characters being placed on the screen be a fast operation?

I suppose that would depend on whether or not you've taken an Evelyn Woods speed-reading course. :=)

[litehaus]

"I can still remember my brother-in-law telling me that a 20 MB hard drive was all I would ever need."

And that prophet from Kildall's Dosville, Billius Gatekeeper said 640K is all anyone will need....LOL

[KoRn]

We’ve been seeing similar stuff with many of the new machines we’ve been getting. The damn ‘BIOS’ is about as robust and useful as the Windows OS. If all you’re doing is web/email, you almost don’t need the OS. lol

[beef]

UEFI=Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

Just another word for a new kind of BIOS. One that is extensible (i.e. can be infected with malware) and less efficiently coded. Out of the box, you can boot the bios in 3 seconds. Woopee. Wait until they load it up with plugins. It will take longer to boot the bios than your OS.

[uglybiker]

It's the computer equivalent to a carburetor.

Well, they did say it's a: "... continuation of Intel's original EFI project". ;-)

Maybe my next computer will have tuned-port or even direct injection! :-P

[markman46]

which asus motherboard do you have?

[bamahead]

I described it in post # 28:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2530497/posts?page=28#28

[markman46]

I saw that, next time I’ll read the whole thread (VBG)
thanks for the info, I am in the process of building a new duo core for a home server.

[Clinging Bitterly]

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