Curious...

When turned on will new Intel Macs show bios screens, similar to Windows boxes?

What do the Delevoper Macs do when turned on?

http://www.appleinsider.com/image.ph...evkit5&id=1146
http://www.appleinsider.com/image.ph...evkit6&id=1146
http://www.appleinsider.com/image.ph...evkit7&id=1146

[nassau]

those screens look so boring, i think i'm gonna hurl...

i'm betting they will have a nice startup screen like todays.,.,.

[faramirtook]

Originally Posted by nassau those screens look so boring, i think i'm gonna hurl... i'm betting they will have a nice startup screen like todays.,.,.

They will.


That's just the BIOS (Basic Input Output System), which controls the basic functions of the hardware. If you boot up with and hold down Option-Command-O-F, you'll get a glaringly bright white screen with little black text, which is the Mac BIOS, Open Firmware.

[nassau]

Originally Posted by faramirtook If you boot up with and hold down Option-Command-O-F, you'll get a glaringly bright white screen with little black text, which is the Mac BIOS, Open Firmware.

huh..? what can i do there? and more importantly, can i fuçk up my computer by messing around in there?

[Moogs]

The BIOS screen will be hidden, if they use a BIOS system at all in the retail versions. EFI seems a more likely choice to me based on what little reading I've done on this issue.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by nassau huh..? what can i do there? and more importantly, can i fuçk up my computer by messing around in there?

Lots. Of course.

Open Firmware Quick Reference

[atomicbartbeans]

So what do the developer machines look like?

[Brad]

Originally Posted by atomicbartbeans So what do the developer machines look like?

Pictures linked in this thread.

[Batman]

Originally Posted by faramirtook If you boot up with and hold down Option-Command-O-F, you'll get a glaringly bright white screen with little black text, which is the Mac BIOS, Open Firmware.

It says on the apple webpage (forgot where so I could link it) and in another thread that the Intel Macs will not use Open Firmware. On another note, its not safe to assume anything by looking at these developer machines. Apple just threw together some pc parts and put them in an Apple Case (how very un apple like) to get a Mac running on an Intel chip out there so developers could test their software. The production models will mostlikely be like the Apples of today, just with an Intel chip instead of an IBM chip on an Apple motherboard.

[chucker]

Originally Posted by batman It says on the apple webpage (forgot where so I could link it) and in another thread that the Intel Macs will not use Open Firmware.

The PDF you are referring to is known to be somewhat inaccurate (or, rather, unprecise) on several accounts.

Intel Macs, however, are most likely to use EFI, not BIOS, and not Open Firmware.

[hanyou23]

After looking at those screens, I'm having bad PC flashbacks .....