Technology and Innovation

Doesn’t Work That Way So. you ask. since I could boot my Mac into Windows, why can’t I boot my Windows box into Mac OS? Two problems: first off. an Intel-based Mac uses a different type of firmware. Practically all PCs in the wild use BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), a type of firmware which has existed since the original (circa 1981) IBM PC.

The question of “Mac vs. PC” has started holy wars on computer forums. It also led to the notion of platform bigotry, the condition where people are so gung-ho about their platform of choice that they actively disparage anyone who doesn’t use it. (This also causes certain users to blindly accuse publications of being biased against a certain platform, even though four out of five current Vldeomaker editors happen to be invested in both platforms.)