New Laptop questions

[Richard Pieri]

On Jun 19, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Well, you can run Linux on a MacBook Pro too (dual-boot, even). And
> then your "other OS" is Mac OS X instead of Windows...


Yep.  Ubuntu 9.04 runs well on the next to most recent generation (non- 
unibody) MBPs.  Most things work out of the box.  A few such as  
wireless and trackpad require manual package installs.  reboot doesn't  
work but that kernel bug isn't unique to Macs.

--Rich P.