Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/13

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Subject: [Leica] Mac on a netbook
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:04:28 +0000
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I bought a Macbook air in a fit of extravagance when I got a new client...
It really was excessively expensive, but I use it a -lot-. When travelling 
it, and a small USB drive, are all I need to carry. The big advantage is the 
screen. it is about 400 billion times better than any netbook I have seen...

Frank

On 13 Dec, 2009, at 05:57, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Yes, that is well-known. There is a Dell model that is supposed to be 
> particularly well-suited for this hack. But it IS a hack, and fiddly. I 
> would love to have a netbook with OSX on it and will buy one when and if 
> Apple makes one (and no, the Macbook Air ain't it). In the meantime, 
> Windows 7 is at least far more tolerable than Vista. 
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> 
> On Dec 12, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> 
>> A computer geek friend of mine runs Mac OS 10.4 on an Asus netbook. He 
>> tells
>> me the details for doing it can be found on google by looking up "OS X on 
>> a
>> netbook" or "Mac on a netbook." It is strictly a non-Apple authorized
>> procedure so if your netbook self destructs or explodes in a hail of
>> transistors, you can't blame Apple. But so far nothing like that has
>> happened.
>> I've never tried it since I don't own a netbook and see little need to buy
>> one as long as my 12" G4 Powerbook functions.
>> Larry Z
>> 
>> The one I got is an Acer Aspire One, with a 1.6 Ghz Atom processor, 2GB
>> 
>> RAM, 250 GB hard disc and Windows 7.
>> 
>> 
>> I have not done a lot with it yet, except to install Open Office,
>> 
>> Lightroom, Firefox, Bullguard (my preferred antivirus software for 
>> Windows),
>> 
>> iTunes etc. Seems reasonably fast for what I would use it for.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
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