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Will a PCI card guaranteed to run on Linux run on a Mac?

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June 6, 2014 10:21:00 AM

Hey guys, so I just built a computer that runs Ubuntu and Windows 7 pretty good, so I'm going to install Mac OS X on it.

So the problem is, I have a Wifi PCI card that comes with drivers for Windows 7, but it's supposed to run out of the box with Linux. I'm not so sure about OS X.

I know that OS X is kind of based on Linux, so I'm hoping that the driver will work with Mac too...

This is my chosen card:
http://www.flipkart.com/tp-link-tl-wn781nd-150mbps-wire...

Therefore, I guess my question is: Can this card work with OS X directly, or is there a way to get the required drivers?

Thanks!

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June 6, 2014 1:50:26 PM

OS X isn't based on Linux in any way whatsoever. The fact that a card works with Linux is no more of a guarantee that it will work with OS X than the fact that it works with Windows is. The easiest way to ensure that hardware works with OS X is to choose hardware that is supplied with some Mac computer.
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