Ubuntu on a MacBook Pro?

[Liam Proven]

On 7/21/06, Matthew Nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com> wrote:
> So, I just found out I'll be getting one of the snazzy new 17-inch
> MacBook Pros from work shortly. Has anyone had any experiance with
> Ubuntu (Dapper) on these notebooks? Since they are Intel based, i
> would assume everything would be fine, but would love to here some
> opinions/results.

The MacBook Pro is not a PC. It has no BIOS and the disk partitioning
format is GUID, not the PC's MBR. Ordinary PC OSs will not run on it,
except under emulation.

Intel Macs are not PCs & are not PC-compatible. The only way Windows
runs is using a whole set of new drivers and patches. Just 'cos it's
got an x86 chip in it doesn't mean it's a PC.

Q.v. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-PC_compatible_X86_computers

(Which, er, I wrote...)

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