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Late-2013 rMBP able to install & boot Win8 using EFI?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1552773" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>You're already running Windows 8 natively if you have it installed via Boot Camp.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's what Boot Camp does. The EFI partition on your rMBP is only 10 MB and is where the boot information is kept by OS X. Boot Camp uses EFI to simulate a PC's BIOS which is why Windows can run natively when using the Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp Assistant will create a partition that will appear to Windows to be just like it was running on a PC that has a BIOS.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>His terminology is wrong, but the general idea is correct. However, you're already running Windows 8 natively and there's nothing more you can do to speed it up. (Your rMBP is not upgradeable.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1552773, member: 46727"] You're already running Windows 8 natively if you have it installed via Boot Camp. That's what Boot Camp does. The EFI partition on your rMBP is only 10 MB and is where the boot information is kept by OS X. Boot Camp uses EFI to simulate a PC's BIOS which is why Windows can run natively when using the Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp Assistant will create a partition that will appear to Windows to be just like it was running on a PC that has a BIOS. His terminology is wrong, but the general idea is correct. However, you're already running Windows 8 natively and there's nothing more you can do to speed it up. (Your rMBP is not upgradeable.) [/QUOTE]
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