dual booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 7

[Christine Gipson]

Not using Windows 8, but my Windows 8 beta download under the gmail
chrisie.echo4ever at gmail.com was stolen from my downloads folder in my
laptop on download... I have a clone.

sent from my LG SPECTRUM
On May 29, 2013 4:01 AM, "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 May 2013 16:51, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Correct me if I am wrong but Win 7 does not require UEFI, even if the
> mobo
> > has UEFI; Win 8 on the other hand probably does require UEFI to function.
> >
> > Both my computer and my wife's have UEFI motherboards but UEFI is turned
> > off.
>
>
> You're wrong.
>
> UEFI is a kind of motherboard firmware. It is a hardware feature. No
> version of Windows or Linux *requires* it. Windows 7 and 8 both
> support it natively; older versions require the UEFI to have legacy
> BIOS emulation.
>
> It is the norm on Itanium (IA64) systems. It is becoming normal with
> x86-64 systems now. Part of this is that MS *require* system builders
> to use it to get the marketing sticker that says "compatible with
> Windows 8". This requires UEFI and its "Secure Boot feature" which
> requires code-signing on OS boot loaders.
>
> I personally think that this is anti-competitive behaviour by MS,
> attempting to prevent vendors shipping Linux or users installing it.
>
> It is only "required" for MS marketing & promotional purposes, nothing
> else.
>
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