BIOS and UEFI differ in age, interface, and functionality, with UEFI supporting mouse navigation and networking. BIOS uses MBR, UEFI uses GPT, and BIOS works in 16-bit mode while UEFI can operate ...

Several IBVs (Independent Bios Vendors) offer their implementations of UEFI that OEMs who produce motherboards can license and use in their products. Some examples would be AMI, Phoenix ...

Before you tune your laptop, you should update the hardware drivers and the BIOS/UEFI of your device. A current update can provide optimizations from the manufacturer, such as better performance ...