On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:34 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/06/2012 08:00 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: >> Fact is, a_lot_ of people still dual boot with Windows, because they're >> not sure they want to switch 100% to Linux, or they still need to run >> some apps on Windows, or they want to play games, or whatever. Is anyone >> seriously doubting it's a common and important use case? > > Arent users on OS-X and Apple hw doing the exact same thing? It's not quite the same thing in that non-Apple hardware comes in many flavors approaching (or perhaps flirting) with standards or expected behaviors when it comes to firmware in particular. Whereas Apple hardware is weird. So for practical purposes it's an OS X dominant purchase where buyers are buying access to OS X every bit as much as the hardware design aesthetic. Fedora's mactel-boot support actually is the first thing to make Linux-only viable on Apple hardware. Before this (or without it), excessive compromises end up being made that makes Linux a non-advantage compared to just running it in a VM on OS X (or buying non-Apple hardware that can directly run Linux without jumping through hoops). Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
