Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:42:21 -0800 From: <soralx@cydem.org> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Intel Mac... Message-ID: <20061206144221.37cd94d8@freen0de> In-Reply-To: <51529.220.253.79.251.1164704209.squirrel@webmail.bong.com.au> References: <20061127175805.4db58e25@soralx.cydem.org> <002d01c712b0$dbbe89f0$fb0a000a@macbookpro> <51529.220.253.79.251.1164704209.squirrel@webmail.bong.com.au>
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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. aha, good point; who needs diversity anyway? ;) hopefully it's all good hardware, though so, to what extent is an x86 Apple laptop functional with FreeBSD? ACPI working? Suspend/resume? Accelerated video? > 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 [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2
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