Massively overdesigned, and the designers clearly considered systems like COM and ActiveX good models to emulate.
Incredible complex. Rarely works. Doesn't solve any problems of the BIOS (with the exception of the 2TB disk limit, but that could have been solved more easily).
> Rarely works. Doesn't solve any problems of the BIOS
Really? I don't think so.
I've never noticed the EFI on my MacBook, it's certainly never gotten in the way -- can you elaborate?
EFI on Macbooks broke CD-ROM booting, which is pretty fundamental I'd say.