Why does the UEFI of our beloved NITRO have an old BIOS look and not a modern UEFI look?

Hello everyone,

I have seen from various images that the UEFI of the Predators have a more modern look, the classic look that one expects from a UEFI with many manageable features that normally a BIOS does not allow to access. Why does the UEFI of our beloved NITRO have an old BIOS look and not a modern UEFI look?

Ok that some features can be managed by software like “Quick Access”, “NitroSense” and “Care Center” but so a user is forced to use Windows as such software do not have versions for a Linux environment and our UEFI is so limited that it does allow us to do little or nothing…

Thank you in advance for your attention and opinion.

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title and add issue detail]

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/690842/uefi-looks-like-bios

The difference is not just in the optics it is the motherboard:
https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/uefi-vs-bios.html

Forget about ACC, useless and hangs in W11, you may need Quick Access to display the Caps Lock etc. on your screen unless your keyboard has those functions integrated in the keys (LEDs).

chuck33

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1225548#Comment_1225548

Thank you for the answer you gave me.

I use ACC mainly to set the “Battery charge limit” to 80% (to reduce its wear as I find myself keeping the laptop plugged into the power outlet during long gaming sessions) and it would be useful if the “Update” function worked but unfortunately it NEVER detects new updates; Quick Access I use to disable “USB charging when off” and NitroSense I use to give a boost to the hardware in specific situations…all things that many other manufacturers allow you to manage from UEFI, even Acer in some Predator. It’s frustrating to have the UEFI menu so limited and with an interface equal to the old BIOS on my AN515-58 and have so few settings displayed by pressing “CTRL+S” (not indicated in the UEFI style BIOS interface) when then I see that on some Predator by pressing “F1” (indicated in the UEFI interface of the Predator) many “Advanced” functions are shown. From the link you provided I deduced that in the end it would be enough for Acer to update our firmware with a modern UEFI interface where you can navigate with the mouse and unlock the display and access to advanced settings.

Even if the motherboard is different in the end it is a matter of firmware.

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