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Mac Book Pro & Linux

  • 11-01-2010 12:11am
    #1
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭


    so I'm hoping to go back to college in sept, to do comp systems in UL thought I'd treat myself to a nice laptop to see me through, the only experience I've had of apple product are ipods and i have a 3gs,

    my question is, what's the story with boot camp, is it just for windows, ? can i use it for linux distros also ?? I see there is parallels, but that just a vm, and doesn't interest me, I'd love to be able triple boot, mac, win, linux, what are my options before I seriously think of buying,

    thanks


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  • #2
    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    It is possible to run Linux through boot camp, see here. I don't think it's supported though, so it might be a bit trickier then installing windows.

    A good way to run Windows and Linux on the Mac is to install VirtualBox (free) or Parallels/VMWare (not free) to virtualise another OS within OS X.


  • #3
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭Talisman


    As far as I'm aware you can't triple boot Apple hardware - Bootcamp doesn't allow it or at least it didn't when I tried some years ago. Running VMs will solve the issue for you.


  • #4
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    betafrog thanks alot, yes you've reassured me so it can be done handy enough by what you say, and there is no fear mbr or grub eating apples bootloader ??


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