MacMini3,1 Bios?

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Macs don't have a Bios. What are you trying to accomplish?
 
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Well I was trying to see if I can change how much of my video memory is shared with the system, and I wanted to know if there is any difference between pc bios and mac.
 
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Well I was trying to see if I can change how much of my video memory is shared with the system, and I wanted to know if there is any difference between pc bios and mac.
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Yes there is a difference...as mentioned...Mac's don't have BIOS. Mac's do have "firmware"...but it's not accessible/adjustable/changeable like BIOS is in Windows computers. Instead...Mac's have "EFI":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter4/efiprogramming/

- Nick
 
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Ok then, is there anyway I change how much video memory is used by the system. I'm to the mac world so is it possible.
 

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