I've been following the Apple announcement around their Boot Camp with a bit of intrigue. It wasn't too long ago I had a Mac G5 on my desk running both Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux and it was mighty cool. Unfortunately with the other priorities I had, I didn't get to do too far with the setup. That and my previous employer wouldn't let me take it with me when I left :).
Now, when I look at the top three platforms in my CDT downloads stats, I find Windows (68%), Linux x86 (26%) and Mac OS X (3%), that's 97% of my platforms. Now if I could run all three of those operating systems on a single machine, wouldn't that make my life easier? I think so. And maybe a lot of Eclipse developers may think so as well. That and the Mac hardware seems to be pretty well designed and something I'd be really happy with.
I think Apple has made a good move in providing the ability to load Windows on their hardware. They can go one step further and allow Linux to be loaded in as well. Then, you might see a lot of the Apple hardware on people's laps when the next EclipseCon rolls around. Now if I can convince my new boss to sign a PO for one ;).
It's very easy, although not officially supported. Hfs+ tools exist (Needs tcl I think) and if you have a 30GB iPod (MSDOS) you'll have no problems working with multiple systems. The trick is to use parted to modify the efi table, after first creating a boot camp partition. You also need to install windows on a specific partition and use refit to boot the systems. If you want 3d acceleration, you must use refit and have already partitioned for windows because the drivers are still bios-only on the windows/linux side. Just google mactel-linux and there are guides. The best system to use is probably fedora core because it sees to be the most consistant release wise across architectures. I have it on my ps3 and was able to trim it down, makes a good mencoder box and is also very nice for playing mpegs/avis from data discs. (Yes they can do that now) I don't see why there isn't an x86 version of the cdt tbh, it says in black and white "ppc", yet I'm seeing tons of converts, 50% of apple's sales is new customers, and they don't sell ppc except for refurbs now.
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