From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 22:14:50 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 EEE4C16A416 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:14:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from cydem.org (S0106000103ce4c9c.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.27.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2774743CAE for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:13:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from freen0de (unknown [192.168.0.251]) by cydem.org (Postfix/FreeBSD) with ESMTP id DB66C91ED4; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:14:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:14:43 -0800 From: <> To: , Message-ID: <20061206141443.619312a1@freen0de> In-Reply-To: <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro> References: <20061127175805.4db58e25@soralx.cydem.org> <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:14:51 -0000 >>> 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 >> [why Apple?] > 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. Apparently, I did not express myself clearly. What I meant is this: being ignorant of Apple hardware most of my life (never liked Macs, except the quality of materials), I noticed that you successfully installed FBSD on an Apple laptop (now that they're x86, this _can_ be done). So I figures, these machines must be really worth it, if you went through all that trouble. If so, I'd like to know their pros, compared to a typical notebook by other manufacturers (it so happens that I'm keeping my eye open for a decent laptop lately -- which is not as easy to find, btw). Also, that message was private, so by 'us' I meant 'me' :) > Anyway, cheers. > > Matt [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2