Has anyone tried this either using bootcamp, a VM, or replacing the OS X? Google search yields old info.
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I've run several different OSes on my iMac via Parallels Desktop. It worked, but was annoyingly slow and the older version (3) of Parallels I have didn't support SMP. VirtualBox seemed to be faster and free. Bootcamp isn't virtualisation, it's directly running on bare hardware, so it's faster. But as of version 4, only Windows 7 is officially supported. Not to say other version won't work, but if you need proper support you're out of luck. If you have a Mac and just want to play with Linux, I'd suggest a VM. If you need Linux and no longer need OS X, I'd suggest a PC because it'd give you a better bang for buck ratio and Macs have decent resale value. Oh and if you do use another OS on a Mac, my tip is get a PC keyboard. Saves hassle. |
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I dunno about wise, but you can. I run Fedora on a 27" iMac, and it's a great hardware platform for it. At first, I dual booted using rEFIt, but now I've ditched OS X entirely and just run Linux as the only OS. |
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