From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 27 03:27:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 653EEBAD for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-x235.google.com (mail-pb0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A6851DC6 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id rp16so148994pbb.26 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:27:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mcHqmmEsgIBTBDdowQH/zr2U7FT4yPNQtDdekwLMA6I=; b=zyKl8btJUXeYbdbJZBBudeEG2Yp/b8BVB7LTYrhDxw+har8gax+QnUSigqYYKUSs4Q oM64CxkbGWr3rIgMqJCnBvT81hmlvfkZliR3pxo6evvI3rOa0eWDhlV0VDIoCCmypAM2 tAQ5apIDNJL8bu4xa73JjVwfJXK9D4efga03C4St1odqFXB+Jycy9RmjXwZO/+TTleM+ iIMclsYGkY/fKXiccvM6IrcgZ0NuKqwf6glOzfdHbm8WyZJfGcuEm5IbllnnWKvDrVsy XEEJ4fsejQrIgX0tdxiiAWVHtLF9PDrwGJ9v4z+Vdlad0lo8yq2SLKGXTS2T8Olui4E8 E+wg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.229.106 with SMTP id sp10mr10790591pbc.23.1393471621754; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:27:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.204.105 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:27:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20140222224139.d9cfd508.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:27:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD will run on a old MacBook laptop? From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Jean-Philippe Provost Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Polytropon , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:27:02 -0000 On 22 February 2014 18:22, Jean-Philippe Provost 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. -- --