[Year 12 IPM] Genuine dual-boot systems

[Sam Denniston]

Drivers could be a fair mission to track down! But I think Boot Camp only
creates a Windows partition, not Linux...


On 9/4/06 3:16 PM, "Meadows, Roslyn M" <Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

> Sounds fantastic - I was wondering though if 'Boot Camp' would allow a version
> of Linux to run also if , for example you partitioned a 120 Gb hard drive 3
> ways?
>  
> Cheers 
>  
> Ros Meadows
> Lauriston Girls School
> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
>  
> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including
> the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> Doug Larson
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> Great News !  If these macs are availabe I the next Notebook Round for
> Government Teachers, we can expect "virtually" everyone to go
> for them !!!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
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> Hi:
> 
> This doesn't really have much to do with IPM, but if anyone is interested,
> Apple have just released a free program called "Boot
> Camp", which enables Windows XP to be installed, and run natively, alongside
> the Mac OS on a new Intel-based Mac computer. Reports
> highlight that XP running on a new Intel-based Mac works flawlessly, and
> everything is supported - Bluetooth, wi-fi - and,
> unfortunately, the myriad of viruses and malware t
> 
> This is significant, if only for the fact that people who were considering a
> Mac notebook for school but were sidelined by IT
> administrators who only support Windows-based machines and not Macs, can now
> possess a machine that has both. You can boot into
> Windows for work, then enjoy OSX at home.
> 
> So if you're in the market for a new laptop, don't discount a Mac because of
> incompatibility - you can now have a genuine dual-boot
> system, and keep everyone happy!
> 
> Well I'm excited anyway!
> 
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