New mackbook pro 9,1

2012-06-26 Thread Dan 
Hi,

I would like to buy a new macbook pro (15 without retina 9,1) and
install Debian. Has anybody been able to install debian/linux on it? I
read somewhere else that people are having problems to boot linux from
those machines. The new EFI might be different?

Thanks,
Dan


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Re: New mackbook pro 9,1

2012-06-26 Thread Patrick Bartek 
- Original Message -


 I would like to buy a new macbook pro (15 without retina 9,1) and
 install Debian. Has anybody been able to install debian/linux on it? I
 read somewhere else that people are having problems to boot linux from
 those machines. The new EFI might be different?


You mean to run natively?  As in dual boot?   Lots of problems.  And not 
everything works or works correctly mainly due to proprietary hardware and the 
lack of drivers.  I'd recommend installing Debian in a VM like VirtualBox or 
VMWare.  That's what Mac users do when they need to run Windows on their Macs.  
Less headaches.  And everything works.  Just install the maximum RAM your 
machine will take.

B


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Re: New mackbook pro 9,1

2012-06-26 Thread Eero Volotinen 
everything works.  Just install the maximum RAM your machine will take.

Retina model is just nice piece of work, memory sticks are soldered
into motherboard,
so remember to take 16GB model..

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Re: New mackbook pro 9,1

2012-06-26 Thread Tom H 
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote:
 - Original Message -

 I would like to buy a new macbook pro (15 without retina 9,1) and
 install Debian. Has anybody been able to install debian/linux on it? I
 read somewhere else that people are having problems to boot linux from
 those machines. The new EFI might be different?

 You mean to run natively? As in dual boot? Lots of problems. And not
 everything works or works correctly mainly due to proprietary hardware
 and the lack of drivers.

Indeed:

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/laptop/476258-howto-2012-retina-display-macbook-pro-opensuse-linux.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2007444


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