So far manufacturers have done nothing other than replicate BIOS functionality. But take the case of the MacBook Air and its ability via EFI to have an OS installed wirelessly from another Mac. Now imagine if your PC had in its EFI firmware the ability to reinstall the OS from an online connection say after an HD failure. Right now with most crapo PCs you've got to call up and get them to send you a restore disc. There is tons of stuff that could be implemented in EFI to make the PC more enjoyable and easier to use. As long as the firmware has the ability to download from the internet, then additional EFI functionality can be installed in the GPT disc partition, so no need for a massive firmware ROM either. I don't know if there would be any advantage for servers but what if EFI loaded a hypervisor OS, eliminate the need for a fully functional host OS?
Originally Posted by dctokyo
So far manufacturers have done nothing other than replicate BIOS functionality. But take the case of the MacBook Air and its ability via EFI to have an OS installed wirelessly from another Mac. Now imagine if your PC had in its EFI firmware the ability to reinstall the OS from an online connection say after an HD failure. Right now with most crapo PCs you've got to call up and get them to send you a restore disc. There is tons of stuff that could be implemented in EFI to make the PC more enjoyable and easier to use. As long as the firmware has the ability to download from the internet, then additional EFI functionality can be installed in the GPT disc partition, so no need for a massive firmware ROM either. I don't know if there would be any advantage for servers but what if EFI loaded a hypervisor OS, eliminate the need for a fully functional host OS?
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