A BIOS in which you can use your mouse! Now that's progress.
Taiwan-based computer hardware manufacturer, Micro-Star International, today announced its plans to adopt the EFI BIOS specification in its next generation of motherboards.
The EFI specification, originally developed by Intel and now managed by the Unified EFI Forum, aims to finally bring more pleasing GUIs and mouse support to a motherboard's BIOS.
The benefits of EFI BIOS, pictured in early MSI-form below, are:
- Supports graphical menus and features
- Supports mouse-controlled interface
- Supports pre-OS applications, file oriented (ex: games, media player, browser, etc.)
- Supports LAN activating environment
- Supports multi-language
- UEFI support for x64 versions of Windows Vista are included in Service Pack 1
Richard Stewart, UK Marketing Manager of MSI said:
"MSI will start to phase EFI into its next generation motherboard platform, and will allow much easier accessibility of motherboard BIOS systems. The ability to use a GUI and mouse can only encourage users to attempt to unlock the full potential of today’s modern motherboards. Even at this early beta stage we have seen excellent OC potential using current generation of MSI motherboards."
It's certainly time to move on from the age-old legacy BIOS, but we'll sure miss it when it's gone.
Official press release: MSI begins trials for 1st EFI BIOS based Motherboard
