Windows 8 ditches ’80s BIOS boot for streamline UEFI

At any time when we reboot our computers, that scrolling code takes us right back to the times of War Games and Tab. Bringing us into the 21st century, Microsoft has decided to ditch the old boot by beautifying the entire experience with a graphical menu. Windows 8 will replace the conventional fugly BIOS system with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ( UEFI ) — giving users a high resolution logo and a graphical menu to gaze upon while powering up their PC. Besides just looking better, the menu allows you to boot to another disc, OS or USB drive using pretty pictures and words as prompts. In case you are right into a little self-inflicted eye torture, you’ll be able to always pull up the command prompt menu from nightmares past. Try out the throwback video tribute to the computers of yesteryear after the break.

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