> As that text says, the "mac" ISOs do/did not contain anything extra > but rather lack/lacked of UEFI boot entry points and of any UEFI boot > software. Some MAC firmwares are said to take offense from UEFI > bootable ISOs. Simply try whether yours is among them. If any > mentioning of "Debian" appears, then your machine needs no "mac" ISO.
I suspect that if you use something like `refit`, you can select the "BIOS" aka "windows" aka "BootCamp" boot option which will should obey the old MBR-based boot. So just take a standard Debian install image (on USB or CD or HDD) and if that fails to work, try it again by booting via refit. Stefan