dual booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 7

[Gerhard Magnus]

I can't believe you're trying to hijack this thread again!

On 05/29/2013 04:06 AM, Christine Gipson wrote:
> Not using Windows 8, but my Windows 8 beta download under the gmail
> chrisie.echo4ever at gmail.com <mailto: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
> <mailto:lproven at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 28 May 2013 16:51, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au
>     <mailto: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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