Subj : Re: laptops
To   : Bob Roberts
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Oct 28 2020 20:57:19

  Re: Re: laptops
  By: Bob Roberts to Tracker1 on Wed Oct 28 2020 08:21 am

 BR> I'm not sure why you would want to install linux directly on Mac hardware.

Maybe the same reason you'd want to install Linux directly on any computer.

 BR> The reason to invest in a Mac is to use Mac OS and the tight integration
 BR> between the OS and the hardware.

How is Mac OS integrated with the hardware more tightly than other operating systems?  And I'm not sure what that even means?

 BR> It's easy to virtualize linux on top of
 BR> Mac OS using many different tools like Docker, Parallels, VMWare, Virtual
 BR> Box, etc. Big Sur also debuts Mac OS's built in hypervisor, which should
 BR> make it even more efficient. 

An OS is always most efficient when running directly on the hardware.

Nightfox

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