Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >