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It kinda makes me regret my MBP purchase last fall. I really wanted a Surface Pro but I couldn't deal with developing on Windows.
by noelsusman 11y ago
It kinda makes me regret my MBP purchase last fall. I really wanted a Surface Pro but I couldn't deal with developing on Windows.
- skywhopper 11y agoWindows runs great on Macs!
- noelsusman 11y agoI wish. On newer models there's a kernel issue that prevents proper suspend and shutdown, which is a dealbreaker for a laptop. I have yet to find a workaround. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101681 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101681 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103211 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103211
- girvo 11y agoWhat, what? Aren't those Linux kernel bugs? I'm confused what they have to do with running Windows on Mac hardware, though perhaps I'm missing something
- noelsusman 11y agoIt originally said "Linux runs great on Macs!" Not sure why it was edited.
- bduerst 11y agoCouldn't you just boot linux on the surface?
- adrusi 11y agoLinux driver support for a lot of the surface hardware leaves much to be desired unless it's changed much since the last I looked.
- chris11 11y agoI have a surface 3 and I think it is a really well engineered pc. I'm definitely happy with it. But I think the surface/surface pro line has features most other computers don't have. Such as the pen. And I think MS did do a lot of work designing those around Windows. So I'm just assuming a surface or surface pro would be more functional and better supported running windows. If you really wanted to run linux you probably have better options available to you. But you can technically use linux.
- drinchev 11y agoNo worries. Me and many others might buy it. I wouldn't regret though. Keep in mind that even /dev/random will not work on Windows 10
- qb45 11y agoWhy wouldn't /dev/random work? Doesn't sound like something impossible, considering that they already support /mnt/c.