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by tombh 472 days ago
Why is Macbook not an option? Even if it's running Asahi Linux?
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Please provide instructions on how to boot Windows on the MacBook.

And, while I applaud all the efforts of the Asahi developers, many hardware components do not yet work(1)

Macs are great if you can live happily within the confines of Apple’s expensive walled garden. But leave that garden and soon the moats, mines or sniper towers will get you.

(1) https://asahilinux.org/docs/M2-Series-Feature-Support/#m2-pr...

Do you need to boot Windows? Have you run Windows in a VM on Mac before? It’s sad that the fastest Windows laptop these days is… a Mac. I just use Parallels to run windows whenever necessary. Yes it’s a $100/year subscription but it works flawlessly and comes with Parallels Toolbox apps for Mac, many of which are actually useful. So I’m willing to pay for that. Oh and Windows laptops still can’t do low power states right, so good luck taking it out of your backpack after two days and attempting to use it.