Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:56:49 +1100 (EST) From: "Dean Hamstead" <dean@bong.com.au> To: "Matthew T. Lager" <mlager@milieunetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on a Intel Mac... Message-ID: <51529.220.253.79.251.1164704209.squirrel@webmail.bong.com.au> In-Reply-To: <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro> References: <20061127175805.4db58e25@soralx.cydem.org> <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro>
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apple hardware is really well tested and in my experience very reliable. the darwin source has helped a lot of drivers appear, but also the lack of variety in hardware means that everyone using a mac (with freebsd linux openbsd etc) is interested in getting the hardware going. further more, mac hardware seems to use similar components in all models (ok the cpu) - but in the ppc world there is logical progression. so developers arent always reinventing the wheel there are some thoughts, valid or otherwise. Dean On Tue, November 28, 2006 4:48 pm, Matthew T. Lager wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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