Subj : Re: Running linux in vm o
To   : Derision
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Oct 24 2018 15:20:38

  Re: Re: Running linux in vm o
  By: Derision to Nightfox on Wed Oct 24 2018 01:33 pm

 De> Surprisingly, macOS includes driver support for a lot of video cards that
 De> aren't actually sold as standard with Macs. Part of it, I think, is that
 De> Apple was really pushing the whole expansion-via-Thunderbolt thing, where
 De> you could have video cards in an external chassis plugged into any Mac via
 De> Thunderbolt, so they tossed support for as many as they could in there.
 De> Though, efficiency-wise, I've found that the Windows drivers are usually
 De> waaaay better than the Mac drivers.

Interesting..  IMO the OS shouldn't necessarily include a ton of drivers for
everything though, because chances are the user won't install most of that
hardware.  Having those drivers on hand would just be wasted space.  Often, for
Windows at least, the hardware maker provides drivers for people to download
and install when installing one of their pieces of hardware.  I know a lot of
hardware vendors do submit drivers to be included in Windows, but I think
that's mainly for Windows to have a base of commonly included hardware in PCs,
for things like hard drive controllers, USB ports, onboard audio, etc..  I
imagine Mac OS would need a lot fewer drivers included since Apple is the only
company that builds Macs and doesn't officially allow Mac clones.

Nightfox

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