Re: [PLUG] Mini netbook...

["Gavin W. Burris" <bug@sas.upenn.edu>]

Unless you are buying Apple, I would skip a hackintosh, too.

I recommend what I'm doing right now, which is running Fedora, or
Ubuntu, on a netbook.  I really like the Asus Eee PC 1015.  It has one
of the fastest 64-bit Atom processors.  Just make sure to get a 2GB mem
upgrade.

The install is easy with Fedora Live USB.  I have tweaked quite a few
things to get maximum battery life.
http://idolinux.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-xfce-on-eee-pc.html

Cheers.

On 04/16/2012 08:47 AM, Kyle Rollin wrote:
> Hi Paul –
> 
>  
> 
> Just for the record, I do believe installing OS X on non-Apple hardware
> is a violation of the EULA. With that said, if you’re OK with that, read
> on… if not, stop reading now! J
> 
>  
> 
> I’ve successfully installed OS X on my Dell Mini 10v laptop numerous
> times using both an external USB hard drive & a USB key. It’s a decent
> little netbook that I maxed the RAM out on (2gb) and I believe it has a
> 250GB 5400rpm HD. My netbook sleeps and wakes appropriately and has all
> the built-in hardware working (WiFi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, etc). I can
> easily get 4-6 hours on a charge – and my netbook has the extended Dell
> battery on it (6-cell versus 3-cell).
> 
>  
> 
> Out of the box, the install is relatively straightforward and there are
> dozens of HOWTOs across the Internet. The only warning I will give is
> you need to find an original RTM disc of Snow Leopard (10.6, nothing
> later like 10.6.3) as Apple got smart and removed Intel Atom processor
> support from the later Darwin kernels. The only way around this is
> hacked kernels but you’ll need an installed OS first… and this
> potentially leads to other problems which I won’t go into here.
> 
>  
> 
> I purchased my Mini 10v specifically to make into an OS X netbook – and
> it’s performed every task I’ve asked without hesitation – albeit a
> little slowly but the job gets done.
> 
>  
> 
> I’m preparing to retire the Mini and replace it with an iPad. If you
> don’t mind the Nickelodeon “slime” theme (seen here:
> http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-mini10v-nick/pd - it was quite a
> conversation piece when I first brought it out at various meetings) and
> want to make an offer, let me know.
> 
>  
> 
> -Kyle
> 
>  
> 
> *From:*plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Walker
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:55 PM
> *To:* Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> *Subject:* [PLUG] Mini netbook...
> 
>  
> 
> I'm headed across the pond for a tour and would like to bring along a
> small netbook with OSX or Ubuntu that I can use to do server
> administration and put out fires as it were, possibly even some
> development depending on my situation. I'd like to keep it cheap,
> without settling for junk. To this end I'm looking for:
> 
>  
> 
> 1. Any heuristics regarding putting OSX onto a netbook
> 
> 2. A machine if anyone has something they'd be willing to part with
> 
> 3. A recommendation of what might work.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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Gavin W. Burris
Senior Systems Programmer
Information Security and Unix Systems
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
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