[SOLVED] Will a PCI card guaranteed to run on Linux run on a Mac?

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Dakshin

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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-wireless-pci-express-network-nic/p/itmdf3h42hyvnwmg?pid=NICDETA9FZA3DJHT&otracker=from-search&srno=t_1&query=wifi+pci+card&ref=ca5503e7-5ecd-4593-b24e-d12e9be2d1a1

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!
 
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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