Which Mini Laptop to Hackintosh?

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dmw16

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So w/ the ebay cashback thing I am thinking about getting a mini laptop like the EEE. Which one is best to hackintosh?
 
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Originally posted by: secretanchitman
the msi wind.
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Yup, I have one, works great. Releasing a 10.5.5 guide for it later this week actually :)
 
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huh, really. That could be a fun little project. :p

I'm hoping that the X200 doesn't give me too many problems...have you read any success stories on the Lenovo, Kaido?
 
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I'm gonna try it on the Lenovo S10 sometime next month... We should be ordering one soon.
 
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
the msi wind.
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Yup, I have one, works great. Releasing a 10.5.5 guide for it later this week actually :)
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cant wait to read it! i got 10.5.4 to work awesome on it, but i updated to 10.5.5 and it broke my wireless, video, and ethernet...i was able to fix the video and wireless, but the ethernet is still broken..:(
 
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Originally posted by: aphex
I'm gonna try it on the Lenovo S10 sometime next month... We should be ordering one soon.
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I have one! Let me know if it works!
 
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
the msi wind.
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Yup, I have one, works great. Releasing a 10.5.5 guide for it later this week actually :)
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I read on insanelymac that the wifi card doesn't work on the MSI Wind? Does yours work?
 
Kaido

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
the msi wind.
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Yup, I have one, works great. Releasing a 10.5.5 guide for it later this week actually :)
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I read on insanelymac that the wifi card doesn't work on the MSI Wind? Does yours work?
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No, replaced it with a Dell 802.11n card. That works out of the box and is seen as a native Airport!
 
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suklee

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Ah, so you have to buy a 802.11n card direct from Dell? Or you had a spare one laying around? (Does Dell sell just the wifi card?)

And also IIRC they said the audio ports don't work? Everything else is working fine?
 
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Kaido

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Ah, so you have to buy a 802.11n card direct from Dell? Or you had a spare one laying around? (Does Dell sell just the wifi card?)

And also IIRC they said the audio ports don't work? Everything else is working fine?
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eBay. You can also use an Apple Airport card, but those are like 3x more expensive.

Under OS X, the audio ports don't work - just speakers. They're working on a driver for it. I just use an $8 USB adapter, it's the size of a small USB thumb drive and works fine without drivers. No biggie.
 
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Originally posted by: randomlinh
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: aphex
http://gizmodo.com/5058287/del...ow-running-osx-leopard
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haha

No one is going to buy a Macbook Air at this rate :laugh:
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My brother bought a dell mini, and it's neat. I'm tempted.. then I saw that article on gizmodo... I've been so close to hitting buy, haha.

I'm curious as to how the performance is though. That scares me some
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My only gripe about the Dell Mini is lack of Function keys - no F1, F2, etc.:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13815526@N02/2830270666/
 
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: randomlinh
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: aphex
http://gizmodo.com/5058287/del...ow-running-osx-leopard
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haha

No one is going to buy a Macbook Air at this rate :laugh:
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My brother bought a dell mini, and it's neat. I'm tempted.. then I saw that article on gizmodo... I've been so close to hitting buy, haha.

I'm curious as to how the performance is though. That scares me some
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My only gripe about the Dell Mini is lack of Function keys - no F1, F2, etc.:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13815526@N02/2830270666/
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you mean lack of dedicated ones? that does get me curious tho.. I presume the Fn key is not functional in OS X... damn
 
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Kaido, how is the performance with the MSI Wind running Leopard?
 
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Originally posted by: Kaido
No, replaced it with a Dell 802.11n card. That works out of the box and is seen as a native Airport!
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Hey Kaido,

I just hackintoshed my Thinkpad T43. :) I'm running the iwi drivers for my Intel 2200BG, but I can't seem to get it to connect to WEP-protected networks.

I wouldn't mind getting a new wifi card. Any ideas if that Dell 802.11n card work in a Thinkpad T43?
 
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Originally posted by: MBony
Kaido, how is the performance with the MSI Wind running Leopard?
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Performance is suprisingly good! Even though the Atom in the Wind is a single-core CPU, it shows up as dual-core because of Hyperthreading. It boots fast and wakes from sleep nearly instantly. Apps launch pretty quickly as well. The major limitation is the resolution - 1024x600. Stuff like Photobooth can't be resized, so it hangs off the edge of the screen, which is weird. But for basic usage - email/IM/Internet/Word - it's pretty dang nice. The keys take a little getting used to, but for basic typing it's fine. I've actually sold mine because it's difficult to use in my programming class - it's hard to get to the special characters I need quickly and easily, so I'm going with a larger laptop instead. But for basic typing it's pretty good.
 
Kaido

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: Kaido
No, replaced it with a Dell 802.11n card. That works out of the box and is seen as a native Airport!
Click to expand...

Hey Kaido,

I just hackintoshed my Thinkpad T43. :) I'm running the iwi drivers for my Intel 2200BG, but I can't seem to get it to connect to WEP-protected networks.

I wouldn't mind getting a new wifi card. Any ideas if that Dell 802.11n card work in a Thinkpad T43?
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Dell 1500 or 1505 will work!

Also congrats - laptop Hackintoshes are generally pretty tricky :) This is what Apple should have made - a die-hard Thinkpad-style case running OS X.
 
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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: Kaido
No, replaced it with a Dell 802.11n card. That works out of the box and is seen as a native Airport!
Click to expand...

Hey Kaido,

I just hackintoshed my Thinkpad T43. :) I'm running the iwi drivers for my Intel 2200BG, but I can't seem to get it to connect to WEP-protected networks.

I wouldn't mind getting a new wifi card. Any ideas if that Dell 802.11n card work in a Thinkpad T43?
Click to expand...

Sorry to go OT, but how did you do this with your T43 (I have a soare collecting dust) and does it have to be leopard? I've never done this but have been working with Macs and PCs for decades but not with stuff like this. :)
 
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