I bet he won't be buying the 2018 MacBook Air (yep, it also has the T2 chip).Įither way, here's to hoping a reliable workaround emerges for those people who enjoy running Linux on Apple devices. I wonder if Torvalds' tune has changed since 2012, though. That guy is Linux creator Linus Torvalds. One guy happens to believe that Apple makes some of the best Linux hardware.

Why pay an exorbitant amount of money for Apple hardware if you have no intention of running macOS? Why not go with more supported platforms like the Dell XPS 13 or Lenovo Thinkpad lines? Everyone has their reasons. I understand if you're scratching your head while reading this story. Using the External Boot option (pictured above), you may be able to run Linux from a Live USB, but that certainly defeats the purpose of having an expensive machine with bleeding-edge hardware. Crossover is a paid version (paying to help support the development of WINE), but you can probably set up something for free if you dont mind tinkering. So unless you buy an intel Mac, an alternative to consider might be some sort of WINE implementation. However, reports have come in that even with it disabled, users are still unable to boot a Linux OS as the hardware won't recognize the internal storage device. Bootcamp has no future as long as Windows wont run on AS CPUs. High Sierra Startup Security Utility with T2 chips AppleĪpple's boot time security options on T2 chip-enabled systems allow three levels of security: Full, Medium and None.

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