On 2/9/07, Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > Also, I'm considering getting a new mac laptop for personal use. I'll
> > be using OSX, but it would be a plus to be able to boot NetBSD. I know
> > the latest ones are Intel based. I kind of had my heart set on the 12"
> > powerbook from a while back for it's portability. Any reason why I
> > should not buy a ppc based machine (used, obviously)?
>
> I don't see a real reason why you shouldn't - we have mostly decent
> support for most hardware ( well, as long as you don't want AirPort
> Extreme, and there's no accelerated wsdisplay driver for nvidia chips )
> and NetBSD lives happily in an Apple UFS partition.
> The latest PowerBooks have some weird problems though, apparently
> firmware-related, but there are ways around that. Problem is that I
> can't reproduce any of those problems on my iBook G4 ( it just works
> fine ) so there's little I can do right now unless someone feels like
> throwing a latest generation *Book my way ;)

speaking of NetBSD and mac laptops (*books) - can any of those be put
to sleep (e.g. zzz with apmd)?