Subj : Laptops
To   : HusTler
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Oct 24 2020 13:36:09

  Re: Laptops
  By: HusTler to Arelor on Sat Oct 24 2020 08:32 am

 >   Re: Laptops
 >   By: Arelor to HusTler on Sat Oct 24 2020 03:05 am
 >
 >  > > Hi.. I'm old school when it comes to computers. If I want to format a
 >  > > driv and throw linux on it (Anything but windows) could I do that with
 >
 >  > You pretty much can install Linux on most modern Wintel hardware. You
 >  > just h to beware the computer may use UEFI instead of BIOS and need to
 >  > disable some UEFI features for the computer to boot.
 >
 >  What is this "UEFI" I'm hearing about?? Can it be switched to a regular
 > BIOS? Does it recognize older hardware?

UEFI is the modern replacement for the traditional IBM PC-compatible BIOS. The BIOS, if you didn't know, is the system firmware for Intel/DOS/Windows compatible computers. For a while, there were a lot of PCs that had dual-personality firmware: it could operate in either UEFI mode or as a "legacy BIOS" (you could toggle between the two options in the firmware setup screens). Eventually, the legacy BIOSes will be a thing of the past and all Windows-compatible PCs will just have UEFI firmware.
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