Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:36:43 -0700 From: vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: James Earl <james@icionline.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Mac experiences Message-ID: <A2C6450D-8EE9-4FBB-B099-A1E156D12CD6@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEACFEAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEACFEAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On May 25, 2006, at 9:13 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > James, you missed the point. If you have an Intel MAC it came > with MacOS X (tiger) and that is basically the same operating > system as FreeBSD. Meaning, what are you trying to gain? If > anything, your worse off with FreeBSD since MacOS X comes with > a gorgeous user interface that FreeBSD does not have. > > Ted I can understand the desire. OS X does have a polished and beautiful desktop environment, but it is not FreeBSD. If money were no object for me, I would want a Macbook Pro with a triple boot of OS X, Win XP and FreeBSD. Back to the original topic: James, I'm curious that you had any results booting with any BSD or Linux. The Intel Macs have no BIOS, I have read of hacks that got Linux (and Windows before Apple offered it) to work, but it didn't seem straight forward based on the accounts I read. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of James Earl >> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:48 PM >> To: Ted Mittelstaedt >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Intel Mac experiences >> >> >> I'm not joking. This is a FreeBSD mailing list isn't it? >> >> On 5/25/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Please tell me your joking, don't you know that MacOS X is >>> just a commercialized version of FreeBSD? >>> >>> Ted
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