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Which netbook to buy if I want OSX installed?

drichards said:
Throwing out your own opinions about what is legal or moral isn't what the damn place is for. Its a community, there is yet another enthusiast looking for help deciding which netbook to put Leopard on. The chart posted early on is excellent. The untested Sony mentioned later is in my opinion exactly what a netbook should be.
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If they buy OS X, what they do is their own business, as long as they don't pirate it en masse. Jaywalking is against the law, and it is no more likely that Apple will care if you put OS X on a netbook than if you jaywalk in NYC to the NYPD.

As far as moral, no such thing in American Jurisprudence. The moral consideration factor was tossed out the window in 19th century British Common Law.
 
can anyone tell me how well osx actually runs on a netbook. it seems "ok" but a little laggy from the videos ive seen.

what would make a totally awesome osx netbook is lenovo 11 inch U110. intel duo 1.6 ghz (non atom) processor. speedy and small. unfortunatly and expensive.
 
Acorn said:
can anyone tell me how well osx actually runs on a netbook. it seems "ok" but a little laggy from the videos ive seen.

what would make a totally awesome osx netbook is lenovo 11 inch U110. intel duo 1.6 ghz (non atom) processor. speedy and small. unfortunatly and expensive.
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It runs fantastically on the atom. Faster than I would have expected; it feels snappier than my RevA MB. I put a single 2GB stick in mine. It handles netbook type tasks with ease (ie mail, safari, itunes, skype, etc).
 
Santa Rosa said:
Perhaps the only opinion of what's right and wrong that matters, is yours. Thats the impression I get anyway...
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It seems the opposite, actually.

You're telling people what you think is right, and pushing that strongly. I just tried to tell you that if you really did care that much about legitimate software use, you'd know that you agree not to install OS X on computer hardware other than an Apple made computer. Mind you, EULAs are weak anyway, and courts don't generally care for them. I simply meant that if you were going to push the whole "morals" thing on us, you may as well do it right. Don't suggest that there's a completely legit way to install OS X on a non-Apple computer. Either you follow through on being "the good software user", and not install OSX, or you try to do what you can to make OS X work on a machine not condoned by Apple or the EULA to which you agreed to.

Notice how I still helped the OP with netbook choices. Yeah, I'm really pushing my values onto others. ;)


drichards said:
The untested Sony mentioned later is in my opinion exactly what a netbook should be.
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Agreed. You know they're also planning to bring out a new, uglier, more typical 12" laptop/netbook with an ultra-thin body? Same with HP. I'd prefer a 10", but hopefully the 12" netbooks will push the prices of the 10" versions further down. $999 for a Sony P is undo-able for most people, you'd think.
 
Ok Friends, thanks so much for all your help and opinion!

I just bought one used MSI Wind 10 minutes ago because I think less than $400 dollar in price for a not even two month old machine is a decent deal to me. (retails $549.99 plus 12% taxes here)

I will try my best to put leopard on it and will let you guys know my experience and other thoughts. I hope everyone can stop arguing about what's right or wrong here. Let's have a peaceful and helpful environment here as it should be. and again thank you very much for all the inputs!
 
Ok Now I'm trying to get Leopard on.
I've managed to create a bootable USB drive and was told to choose a volume to install. THen I had to reformat the HD to MacOS Extended journal, everything is ok untill when it starts to install, it gives me an error message saying installation fails "The installer could not create the folder "/Volumes/Untitled/BaseSystem.pkg.14258moLU"

and asks me to restart my computer and try again, which I did million times and didn't help ....

Any one has any idea about this?
 
63dot said:
If you are going to use OSX on a Mac, PC, or your favorite stuffed animal named Dilbert, by all means buy the software with your own money. I do not find any law or precedent against using OS X in the second or third restatements of the law (United States of America) if you bought it, but pirating OS X or Windows, or any OS, is not OK and more likely to see legal action if done en masse.
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Why are you quoting me?? :confused: Thats what I'm saying. I think its Abstract you should be directing that at.

drichards said:
The untested Sony mentioned later is in my opinion exactly what a netbook should be.
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I am interested to see that running OS X. That with a tidier design is how I would see an Apple netbook looking like if there ever was going to be one, which I doubt there will be.
 
Ok Now I'm trying to get Leopard on.
I've managed to create a bootable USB drive and was told to choose a volume to install. THen I had to reformat the HD to MacOS Extended journal, everything is ok untill when it starts to install, it gives me an error message saying installation fails "The installer could not create the folder "/Volumes/Untitled/BaseSystem.pkg.14258moLU"

and asks me to restart my computer and try again, which I did million times and didn't help ....

Any one has any idea about this?
 
Yes, there is probably a bios update that needs to be had to run the EFI emulator properly. Also, it is MUCH easier to do an install from an external usb DVD drive than trying to create a bootable USB, as the USB sometimes has issues finding other bootable/writeable drives, etc.
 
Well?

enochpeng said:
Ok Now I'm trying to get Leopard on.
I've managed to create a bootable USB drive and was told to choose a volume to install. THen I had to reformat the HD to MacOS Extended journal, everything is ok untill when it starts to install, it gives me an error message saying installation fails "The installer could not create the folder "/Volumes/Untitled/BaseSystem.pkg.14258moLU"

and asks me to restart my computer and try again, which I did million times and didn't help ....

Any one has any idea about this?
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Did you get os x working on it yet?
 
Santa Rosa said:
Why are you quoting me?? :confused: Thats what I'm saying. I think its Abstract you should be directing that at.
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sorry, i was just checking out the legality of os x on a pc that was originally bought by the installer of that said os, that's all :)
 
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE

I've got Leopard on running perfectly now I'm trying to update to 10.5.6 and work out two finger scrolling.

Thanks again for all the help and inputs
 
Santa Rosa said:
Just to let you both know the forum doesn't tolerate piracy. The forum should not help someone under those circumstances. The OP buying Leopard for their netbook is definitely a much more honest way to achieve what the OP is wanting, so good on them. Its definitely completely wrong to not buy it, pirate it and then install it.
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you're missing the point of this forum thread
 
enochpeng said:
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE

I've got Leopard on running perfectly now I'm trying to update to 10.5.6 and work out two finger scrolling.

Thanks again for all the help and inputs
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Good to hear you got it going, but personally I prefer the Dell Mini 9. I picked one up from Best Buy on Boxing day for 379 plus taxes etc. I grabbed a 32GB SSD from the site that is always advertised on mydellmini.com and I couldn't be happier. It runs most things I throw at it without problems and has continued to impress me. I've got two finger scrolling working, sleep, you name it, it works as it should. With the SSD in it, it boots in a few seconds, which makes me want to have an SSD drive in any Mac I purchase from now on.

If anyone has any thoughts on actually picking up a netbook to make into a hackintosh, then make sure that the Dell is at least one of your first inquiries. The work that the people have done to make it work properly is fantastic.
 
enochpeng said:
It seems to me that Dell Mini 9 to be the easiest one to have OSX running on it. And thanks for all the tips you guys provided. Also Mydellmini.com is indeed very useful..

now there are two things holding me back from buying the Mini,

1. It appears to me that it's more expensive than the Taiwanese ones.

2. Wind or Aspire One look better IMO

What do you guys suggest? Is it worth the extra cash?

Is there other sites that have similar content to Mydellmini.com? Preferably on the MSI or Acer?

Thank a lot
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I have an Asus 901 with the Atom, 6-cell battery & windows XP. I looked at all of them before buying. The Asus is the smallest, if that's what you are interested in, I would recommend comparing sizes, some of the netbooks certain Asus models, lenovo, an HP model and others either have 10" displays or have 8.9" displays in a 10" case, they all look good though...by the way, the Aspire One ( w/ 160GB HD and 6 cell battery ) was my second choice. The 6-cell battery is the way to go, the Asus I have runs for 5+ hours on it.

Guess I should have read the entire thread before posting this, good job on your purchase!
 
Acorn said:
can anyone tell me how well osx actually runs on a netbook. it seems "ok" but a little laggy from the videos ive seen.

what would make a totally awesome osx netbook is lenovo 11 inch U110. intel duo 1.6 ghz (non atom) processor. speedy and small. unfortunatly and expensive.
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jackiecanev2 said:
It runs fantastically on the atom. Faster than I would have expected; it feels snappier than my RevA MB. I put a single 2GB stick in mine. It handles netbook type tasks with ease (ie mail, safari, itunes, skype, etc).
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Please
I am french and LENOVO U110 IDEAPAD
No speak english
Possible iDENEB or iATKOS other osx86 ?
Installation ok :) , No boot :-(
Thank you for reponse !
 
JIPE said:
Please
I am french and LENOVO U110 IDEAPAD
No speak english
Possible iDENEB or iATKOS other osx86 ?
Installation ok :) , No boot :-(
Thank you for reponse !
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Lenovo, je ne quoi pas.
Où habitez-vous?
 
maccompaq said:
Lenovo, je ne quoi pas.
Où habitez-vous?
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J'habite en FRANCE région LORRAINE
J'ai un LENOVO IDEAPAD U110
Apparemment il a un disque dur (IDE?) de 1,8" de 120 Go
Je boote sur un DVD de iDeneb 1,4 10.5.6 qui reconnaît bien le disque dur et qui installe le Mac OS
Mais au reboot, la pomme grise s'affiche et ne continue pas.
D'où je cherche aux USA si quelqu'un a réussi ou non à installer un Mac OS X sur un Lenovo IDEAPAD U110

translate.google :
I live in France (Lorraine)
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad U110
Apparently he has a hard drive (IDE?) 1.8 " 120 GB
I boot on a DVD iDeneb 1.4 10.5.6 that recognizes the hard disk and installing the Mac OS
But reboot, the gray apple appears and does not continue.
Where in the USA I am looking if someone has succeeded or not to install a Mac OS X on a Lenovo IdeaPad U110
 
Enochpeng, check out the work that the Voodoo guys have done with their PS2Controller kexts. They don't get nearly enough love from the Wind community for their work, and their two finger scrolling drivers are a bazillion times better and simpler than anything else out there I've seen. Linkage: http://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/voodoo-team-proudly-presents-voodoops2controller

You might want to check if your Wind has a Sentellic or Synaptics touchpad first, though. The Sentallic pad is (apparently) total gash and will limit your options. Fortunately I have a Synaptics in my Wind so the Voodoo kexts give me excellent real-Mac style two finger scrolling.

Oh, on a tangent, directed at the Dell lobbyists - 32Gb SSDs? Do me a favour. Speed, yes. But I would prefer to have more than Safari on my Hackbook. (I've even done development on my Wind, although it's not my preferred environment granted!)
 
JIPE said:
J'habite en FRANCE région LORRAINE
J'ai un LENOVO IDEAPAD U110
Apparemment il a un disque dur (IDE?) de 1,8" de 120 Go
Je boote sur un DVD de iDeneb 1,4 10.5.6 qui reconnaît bien le disque dur et qui installe le Mac OS
Mais au reboot, la pomme grise s'affiche et ne continue pas.
D'où je cherche aux USA si quelqu'un a réussi ou non à installer un Mac OS X sur un Lenovo IDEAPAD U110

translate.google :
I live in France (Lorraine)
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad U110
Apparently he has a hard drive (IDE?) 1.8 " 120 GB
I boot on a DVD iDeneb 1.4 10.5.6 that recognizes the hard disk and installing the Mac OS
But reboot, the gray apple appears and does not continue.
Where in the USA I am looking if someone has succeeded or not to install a Mac OS X on a Lenovo IdeaPad U110
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http://www.s10lenovo.com/viewforum.phpf=15&sid=9502d4d2ab7718fa271e59088e461ac4 has all the answers you need. Good luck.
 
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