Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information