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Love my macbook pro (linux), but the broadcom chips are such a pain. Almost enough me to drop Apple hardware. I think this has pushed me over the edge.

• rcarmo 9y ago
  Have you actually read the CVE and articles? This is not Apple-specific at all...
  • asdfaoeu 9y ago
    I think he's just saying that broadcom is the only option with macbooks.
  • pier25 9y ago
    No, but Apple uses a lot of Broadcom chips
• osivertsson 9y ago
  What Wi-Fi chip vendor would be preferable then? Broadcom's Wi-Fi chip solution has now been the focus of many man-months of security analysis, but I'm not aware of any other vendor that has seen the same thorough analysis, or? Is any Wi-Fi chip vendor actively marketing themselves as security oriented and has anything to show to back that up?
• itchy_eyelids 9y ago
  I agree. I have an older Macbook Pro from 2010 and none of the Linux drivers, b43 or Broadcom's wl, can get anything better than 17Mbps to my access point. If I boot from Mac OS, I get 70Mbps. They also can't do 4-addr bridging and are missing some other features. Add to that all of the ACPI problems and it makes for a very poor Linux experience.