Bought MA607LL/A Intel 1.66 2006 mac mini ubuntu pre install have question

Hey guys. I bought this model and comes with usb pre installed to drive. Doesn't have OSX. My question is I have a net book with 320gb and that is esata so I'm going to install in the mac. Now  can I put the 60 gb hard drive that came with mac mini into a usb enclosure and when i feel like go into well i think need to push option? Go through that then boot up the external drive that has ubuntu when i feel like using ubuntu? I run ubuntu on main computer and so would like to use mac os on mac mini and ubuntu. Ty

Hello,
Yes, normally holding alt key or option key will show your boot choices, but some Linux distros need a boot manager installed.

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