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Late-2013 rMBP able to install & boot Win8 using EFI?
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<blockquote data-quote="awj" data-source="post: 1553062" data-attributes="member: 297516"><p>I don't think I was clear enough with my question. Or perhaps I was:</p><p></p><p>I asked if </p><p></p><p></p><p>to which you've replied</p><p></p><p></p><p>Furthermore, although I've clearly asked about the latest-gen rMBP, you've replied that</p><p></p><p></p><p>So just to be clear, let me clarify a few points:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I <em>had</em> a 2012 MacBook Pro (non-retina) which I dual-booted. However, whenever I booted Windows via Bootcamp I got fed up watching a white screen for 11-12 seconds while the BIOS emulation was loaded. This is what I am trying to avoid and am therefore asking whether Bootcamp installs Win8 using Win8's EFI installer.<br /> Win8 <em>can</em> be installed using either BIOS <em>or</em> EFI, and as I tried to explain in my OP, people are reporting that the latest-gen rMBP (and possibly the 2013 MBA) <em>are</em> installing Win8 into an EFI partition.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My question was therefore "is this true" as in "if Win8 is installed onto an EFI partition, does this mean I won't have to look at a white screen for 11-12 seconds?"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My question also relates specifically to the latest-gen rMBP, which I believe has a different version of EFI and therefore a modified version of Bootcamp.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I do appreciate that you've taken the time to respond to my question, but in this instance it didn't answer my question.</p><p></p><p>[I posted a very similar response to your message almost 2 days ago, but it still hasn't appeared on the site, hence the delay.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="awj, post: 1553062, member: 297516"] I don't think I was clear enough with my question. Or perhaps I was: I asked if to which you've replied Furthermore, although I've clearly asked about the latest-gen rMBP, you've replied that So just to be clear, let me clarify a few points: [LIST] [*]I [I]had[/I] a 2012 MacBook Pro (non-retina) which I dual-booted. However, whenever I booted Windows via Bootcamp I got fed up watching a white screen for 11-12 seconds while the BIOS emulation was loaded. This is what I am trying to avoid and am therefore asking whether Bootcamp installs Win8 using Win8's EFI installer. Win8 [I]can[/I] be installed using either BIOS [I]or[/I] EFI, and as I tried to explain in my OP, people are reporting that the latest-gen rMBP (and possibly the 2013 MBA) [I]are[/I] installing Win8 into an EFI partition. [*]My question was therefore "is this true" as in "if Win8 is installed onto an EFI partition, does this mean I won't have to look at a white screen for 11-12 seconds?" [*]My question also relates specifically to the latest-gen rMBP, which I believe has a different version of EFI and therefore a modified version of Bootcamp. [/LIST] I do appreciate that you've taken the time to respond to my question, but in this instance it didn't answer my question. [I posted a very similar response to your message almost 2 days ago, but it still hasn't appeared on the site, hence the delay.] [/QUOTE]
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