Comment Power/Mac book linux (Score 1) 276
Disclaimer: I am not a linux expert. However, I know alot about mac hardware...
I ran SuSE as dual boot on a pismo, which lasted, maybe, three weeks: lack of drivers were a problem. I hear this echoed with graphics and wi-fi hardware a lot also.
I love the Mac (before the MacIntel debacle... call me insane but I think Intel chips should be put down like dogs), but I wouldn't trust bootstrap with any internal hard drive storing valuable information... I'd put it all on an HFS+ external volume.
My sister's boyfriend is a graphics guy and just goes on and on about how great it is that Macs dual boot Windoze now, etc. etc., how he'll never have any problems... I don't believe that Windows/ OS X/ Intel/ blah blah blah are all sooooo portable that this is gonna be a smooth trip.
I would say run linux on an x86 class chip, and OS X on your mac hardware... whether you stay with Power PCs or go MacBook
I ran SuSE as dual boot on a pismo, which lasted, maybe, three weeks: lack of drivers were a problem. I hear this echoed with graphics and wi-fi hardware a lot also.
I love the Mac (before the MacIntel debacle... call me insane but I think Intel chips should be put down like dogs), but I wouldn't trust bootstrap with any internal hard drive storing valuable information... I'd put it all on an HFS+ external volume.
My sister's boyfriend is a graphics guy and just goes on and on about how great it is that Macs dual boot Windoze now, etc. etc., how he'll never have any problems... I don't believe that Windows/ OS X/ Intel/ blah blah blah are all sooooo portable that this is gonna be a smooth trip.
I would say run linux on an x86 class chip, and OS X on your mac hardware... whether you stay with Power PCs or go MacBook
