[ale] macbook and linux

[Brian Pitts]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Has anyone attempted to dual boot any of the new macbooks with Linux and 
> OSX?  I'm looking at a new laptop and I'd rather give my money to Apple, 
> then pay Dell for the Microsoft tax.

The newest Macbook and Macbook Pros are based on Intel's Santa Rosa 
platform. This is the same as my Inspiron 1420N (which you can buy 
without paying the Microsoft tax) and is now well supported by Linux. 
The only complication I know of is that Apple ditched Intel's wireless 
for Broadcom's BCM4328, which isn't supported on Linux except through 
ndiswrapper.

-Brian