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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1215503" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Intel Macs use commodity x86 hardware. The big difference is in the firmware (Macs use EFI as opposed to BIOS on a bog-standard PC). The long and short of it is that modern Macs are really just PCs in a pretty case.</p><p></p><p>So, the simple answer to your question is that assuming you buy a MacBook Pro that has a 64-bit processor, yes, you can use Windows 7 64-bit.</p><p></p><p>As far as triple-booting goes - I'm not sure I understand the desire. Few people game on Linux, so I'd recommend just using Boot Camp to dual boot with Windows and then run Linux in a virtual machine, since 3D acceleration isn't a big deal. You'll save yourself a ton of trouble and also have the flexibility to run Linux whenever you want to without rebooting. Trying out different flavors of Linux is a breeze as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1215503, member: 24098"] Intel Macs use commodity x86 hardware. The big difference is in the firmware (Macs use EFI as opposed to BIOS on a bog-standard PC). The long and short of it is that modern Macs are really just PCs in a pretty case. So, the simple answer to your question is that assuming you buy a MacBook Pro that has a 64-bit processor, yes, you can use Windows 7 64-bit. As far as triple-booting goes - I'm not sure I understand the desire. Few people game on Linux, so I'd recommend just using Boot Camp to dual boot with Windows and then run Linux in a virtual machine, since 3D acceleration isn't a big deal. You'll save yourself a ton of trouble and also have the flexibility to run Linux whenever you want to without rebooting. Trying out different flavors of Linux is a breeze as well. [/QUOTE]
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