On 01/08/13 at 09:38am, Mike Cloaked wrote: > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Paul Gideon Dann <pdgiddie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Monday 07 Jan 2013 18:46:14 LANGLOIS Olivier PIS -EXT wrote: > > > To be honest, I had 0 problem with installation and UEFI usage. Beside > > > installation, there is very few noticeable difference between BIOS and > > > UEFI. I have insisted to use it just because I had a MB capable of UEFI. > > > > > > If you want to try UEFI, my advice is. Go for it, there is not much risk > > to > > > do it but do not expect a big change. This won't shake your world! > > > > Seconded. It makes very little difference, if any. The only time I've > > noticed is when I wanted to upgrade the laptop's firmware, and getting a > > FreeDOS image to boot was trickier than with BIOS. > > > > Paul > > > > That's interesting - though I guess it is possible to change the BIOS > setting just to boot a freedos usbkey to reflash the firmware and then > reset to uefi again to boot back into the normal system again? > > -- > mike c Yes, this is what I have done in the past. I actually I just left UEFI and bios enabled for some time. My computer gives the option of whether to give preference to UEFI or legacy bios if both are present. Recently, though I turned off legacy bios, though I am not sure why or if I gain anything from it. -- Curtis Shimamoto sugar.and.scruffy@xxxxxxxxx
