Macs

[Jan Claeys]

Op woensdag 23-09-2009 om 10:34 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Odd:
> Jan Claeys wrote:
> > Op dinsdag 15-09-2009 om 11:52 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Mark
> > Miller:
> >> I've got a question about BootCamp.  The school I teach at is getting
> >> new Macs for my department's computer lab with BootCamp.  They intend
> >> to run OS X. whatever and Windows XP.  I'd like to add Ubuntu to the
> >> mix.  Will bootcamp handle a third OS?  Can I install Wubi Ubuntu
> >> inside the XP bootcamp? 
> > 
> > Bootcamp is a BIOS emulator that you need because Windows can't boot on
> > systems without a BIOS.
> 
> That's not true, Windows has supported EFI since W2K, if only on
> Itanium systems. Also, 64bit versions of both Vista and Server 2008
> do support EFI. 

Right, I should have said: "common consumer versions of Windows".

(Also, some linux drivers for x86 need the BIOS, but I'm not sure those
are needed/used on a Mac?)


-- 
Jan Claeys