Subj : Re: Running linux in vm o
To   : Nightfox
From : Derision
Date : Tue Oct 23 2018 05:02 pm

 Re: Re: Running linux in vm o
 By: Nightfox to Derision on Tue Oct 23 2018 10:11:56

> Interesting that Mac OS has the ability to burn to blu-ray built in when
> Macs never included a blu-ray drive (even a reader) as standard.  The OS
> wouldn't necessarily have to have the burning feature built-in, since there
> can also be software just for burning to optical discs.  Windows has been
> able to burn to optical discs for a long time, but I'm still used to using
> software such as Nero to burn optical discs.

They definitely included that, which I discovered when I got an external
blu-ray burner (it was on sale, and cheaper than the DVD versions). And there
in my burning software was the full whatever giggage that a blu-ray holds. I
eventually swapped the DVD drive in my MacBook Pro for a blu-ray just for the
burning, though I don't use it enough to really justify it, so it might
eventually be a second HD in there.

> I dunno..  I can see how Apple would want to sell a whole system, but I
> think upgradability is also a desired feature.  If their computer isn't
> upgradable, I'd be more likely to buy another company's computer instead.
> So upgradability can be a selling point.  Sometimes you might find you need
> more RAM or hard drive space, or might want to put in a more powerful
> graphics card, and it can be useful to be able to do that.  Speaking of
> that, I'm not sure what graphics cards are available for Mac these days, or
> if you can even replace them..

Back in the PowerPC Mac days, if you wanted to use a non-Mac-specific video
card, you usually needed to flash the ROM or firmware or whatever on it in
order to make it play nice with the architecture. I did that once or twice.

Since the switch to Intel, though, Macs are now just like any old PC. I am not
sure about cramming better video cards in the trashcan Mac Pro, just because of
the weird shape and maybe the cards need to be low profile or somehow otherwise
mangled to fit, but the previous generation of towered Mac Pro should be able
to handle any standard video card, assuming there are drivers for it available.

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