Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air
by matthewmacleod on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:46AM
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Other computers you can have literally nothing on it, and then get Windows or Linux running on it
This is absolutely not the case, of course - it’s just the pre-installed environment you use to install Windows or Linux is called “BIOS” or “UEFI” instead of “macOS”.
Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air
by philistine on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:56PM
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Exactly. The incapacity to understand what it means to have one company responsible for every component of a computer is incredible.
It does, because it means I cannot just install Linux on the machine. I have to have macOS installed and running first, then and only then can I install Linux. It makes the hardware dependent on macOS, even if I just wanna run Linux.
Other computers you can have literally nothing on it, and then get Windows or Linux running on it (or macOS even).
I didn't make that list myself, it's from the official Asahi website. And I'm not gonna argue against you if each item on the list has a big impact or not. I'm generally a fan of Asahi (and I donate to their efforts each month), I was just putting it out there to show that there are actually a bunch of "drawbacks" (more like missing features) than people in this comment thread is letting on.