From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 28 06:07:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80EA316A4B3 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:07:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlager@milieunetworks.com) Received: from srvr-1.lynxcom.net (srvr-1.lynxcom.net [69.43.142.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C7B44C68 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:49:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mlager@milieunetworks.com) Received: from macbookpro (cpe-72-132-230-140.san.res.rr.com [72.132.230.140]) by srvr-1.lynxcom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F100FA6C1F; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:48:47 -0800 (PST) From: "Matthew T. Lager" To: Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:48:40 -0800 Message-ID: <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AccSkLaDwNMWiLksTweLuuCPpfZJKgAH6VEg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 In-Reply-To: <20061127175805.4db58e25@soralx.cydem.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on a Intel Mac... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:07:49 -0000 I'm not stating that an Apple laptop is so cool that you would want to install FreeBSD on it, however, if one has an Apple laptop, FreeBSD is so cool that you would want to install it on one. I develop applications for a company on an Apple laptop for Mac OS X, and finally I can use FreeBSD on it when not needing to be in Mac OS X, rather than having to switch over to another laptop. Did you get the impression that I was calling x86 users ignorant? I'm an x86 user as well, and by the way, an Intel Mac is x86, so I'm not sure what your point was exactly. Anyway, cheers. Matt -----Original Message----- From: soralx@cydem.org [mailto:soralx@cydem.org] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:58 PM To: mlager@milieunetworks.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Intel Mac... > I haven't seen much discussion about this, but I was able to get a > fully functional FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 system dual-booting with Mac OS X on > an Intel Mac. I'm trying to get some community support for this as I > think it's kinda cool to expand the capabilities of these Mac's. So tell us, ignorant x86 users, what is so cool about Apple notebooks that makes you want to install FreeBSD on one? [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2