Macs are x86(_64) computers with mostly standard hardware. His MacBook, if not the latest (2017/2016), has great support in Linux and should run just fine. Mayb

Macs are x86(_64) computers with mostly standard hardware. His MacBook, if not the latest (2017/2016), has great support in Linux and should run just fine. Maybe he already does have a dual boot and used macOS for this task for some reason.