They sure do lock their hardware (the new stuff anyway)! We tried to boot from at least 10 Live-CDs from a variety of popular and unknown distros. This was on the absolute latest MacBook Pro! You could only run Linux in a VM. No native boot except for OS X.
~Roger On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I am not aware that Apple locks their hardware so that you cannot run > other systems. They do however go to great lengths to make sure their > system cannot be installed on other hardware (which they are not entirely > successful at btw). > > I think the problem is that the Linux drivers have to work with what > hardware you provide, and obviously in this case, they don't. Why would > Apple lock a Macbook out of Linux and allow a Macbook Pro?? That sounds > absurd to me. > > Bob > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Tim Jones wrote: > > > I installed SuSE's PPC version on my White G4 and got 1280 x 1024, so > it's not the video card, it's the lock that Apple put on it to make you buy > a PowerBook (or Mac Book Pro). > > > > Tim _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
