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Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
MacBook Pro Rev3 | x86_64 2007.08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cpufreq + pm-utils | Not Used | – | –
MacBook Mid2007 | i686 2008.03 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not used | Cpufreq + laptop-mode-tools | Not Used | – | Suspend-to-RAM working ok
MacBook Mid2007 | x86_64 2009.08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | pm-utils | Not Used | – | All works out-of-the box, except iSight
MacBook Pro 5,2 17" | x86_64 2009.08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not used | cpufreq + pm-util | Not Used | – | suspend,hibernate OK
Macbook Air 2013 | x86_64 2014.10.01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Out of the box | Unknown | – | All works out of the box except webcam (no support for webcam at all)
Macbook Mid2006 | i686 2014.10.01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | With HID to HCI conversion | Out of the box | – | The synaptics driver allows triple click, a feature unavailable in OSX. | Everything except webcam, use isight-firmware-tools
Macbook Pro mid-2009 | x86_64 2016.08.01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | – | Virtual console does not display when switching from a graphical session with proprietary nvidia drivers. This does not happen on nouveau drivers. | Everything except iSight works out of the box
Macbook Pro mid-2010 | x86_64 2017.04.01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | – | Everything seemed to work. However, there were some unresolved heat issues. These could be solved with mbpfan-gitAUR | broadcom-wl drives were used for wifi
MacBook Pro (Mid-2012) | x86_64 2018.03.01 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | laptop-mode-tools | – | – | You will need an Eth or Teather to install the BCM wireless drivers as they are non-free and do not ship with the kernel, more info can be found at MacBookPro9,2 (Mid-2012)#Wireless.
MacBook Air 7,2 | 2021.11.01-x86_64 | Yes | Yes | External: loads at boot if plugged-in | Yes | Yes | suspend/sleep+wake | – | – | Guide: https://github.com/AdhamNasr/Apple_mba-Arch-i3

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