Pieter Palmers wrote:
Hi all,
I'm considering to buy a new laptop, and a message some time ago on the
list regarding a comparison between Dell and MacBook made me reconsider
my stance towards MacBook. The difference between the price for
comparable systems is indeed not that big, especially not since they
offer a 20% reduction if you become 'student developer'. On top of that,
getting OSX attracts me more than getting Vista ;).
So now I am considering getting one of these top-notch macbook pro's,
but I'd like to inform myself beforehand.
My basic requirement list:
* runs linux with all hardware supported
* ruggedness (I carry it around everywhere)
* support quality (Apple's guarantee doesn't seem as good as the one
from Dell)
Specific questions:
* what kind of problems will I see when I want to install Fedora on it?
* are all interrupts routed to the same line (as in the mini's)? I don't
want IRQ sharing between the SATA controller and the audio card/firewire
controller, ...
* how about the ATI x1600 graphics card?
Doesn't the macbook have the intel 945..?
Are there any MacBook pro owners on the list that care to answer my
questions and/or give a general feedback (feedforward?) on the MacBook?
Have you checked on linuxlaptops:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/apple.html
http://desrt.mcmaster.ca/macbook.xhtml (Ubuntu)
Generally it seems they're getting stuff to work, but it might not be
*the* laptop to run gnu/linux on.
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