Microsoft shuts Windows on new PC firmware
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has pushed back plans to support of UEFI, a new type of PC firmware, in its forthcoming Windows Vista for PCs. Where the move isn't likely to disrupt the PC market, it shows the software maker continues to pare down Vista features as it works to roll out the OS this year.
Microsoft has pushed back its plans to support a new type of PC firmware, called UEFI, or United Extensible Firmware Interface, which has begun working its way into the PC market.
Microsoft said in a presentation during last week's Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco that the software giant would not roll out UEFI support -- adopting the new firmware, which was created for Itanium servers but then repositioned to take over for PC BIOS or basic input output system software -- in its Longhorn server, due in 2007.