Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:27:01 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Jean-Philippe Provost <jphilippe.provost@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD will run on a old MacBook laptop? Message-ID: <CAHHBGko6mX%2BivNJ%2BDtpCB%2BkK0tJHoeOzxdqczMZmDPz4A2mDcQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BzOFzQVokBp381kk8Up%2BGbCL%2BpJM7BX3Accq4CuJ5Avqe9Zeg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BzOFzTwYd514cFsdNkwXttvZd44Uy5J24zp-KZLdy=iqwy4PQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140222224139.d9cfd508.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2BzOFzQVokBp381kk8Up%2BGbCL%2BpJM7BX3Accq4CuJ5Avqe9Zeg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 February 2014 18:22, Jean-Philippe Provost <jphilippe.provost@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the infos. I'll give it a try. > > I know that Mac OS X is UNIX, but I want UNIX in a *pure* way ;) > Ah, well. I've run FreeBSD fine (temporarily, for testing purposes, of course) on a late-2006 Macbook with a clacking (read: dead) hard drive. The intel graphics left a lot to be desired, but the general speed (compilation, running various applications, boot-up, & so on) was quite fast compared to my 2008- vintage Toshiba laptop. The fancy fellows in their comfortable shoes get at least some credit for their ability to piece together a functional yet stylish blob of hardware. I'd advise enjoying FreeBSD, but you'll probably end up wanting to put OS->.< back on her eventually. It's nice (in the nicest possible way) to be able to run graphical applications without futzing for hours trying to figure out what bizarre incantations & which precise species of chicken to harvest the needed bones from that will nudge Xorg into showing you something other than a grim, black screen with an unresponsive keyboard. At last the hardware spec is stable, & well-documented. -- --
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