Getting Smart about OSX86
Dr Phred
(Moderator)
– January 27, 2009 08:00AM
All about Leopard on non-apples.
tliet
– July 05, 2009 10:02AM
Installed OSX86 on an HP xw6400 workstation this afternoon, took only one extra driver for the nVidia video card to get everything working. Even the fan control works, spinning them down after the OS loads the drivers.
The only thing that's a bit wonky (although much better than when I tried them a year ago) were the Ralink drivers for the D-Link USB wifi adapter.
Kudos for the guys who created this, I now have a quad core Mac Pro.
John Willoughby
– July 05, 2009 10:57AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
[snarky comment removed]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2009 10:58AM by John Willoughby.
bahamut
– July 06, 2009 08:21AM
tliet, how fast is it? sounds wonderful.
tliet
– July 06, 2009 10:16AM
It's pretty fast. Mind you, I'm used to a Atom 1.6 Ghz running OS X :-) so a 1.97 QuadCore Xeon is pretty quick in my eyes, but it's a machine that's 18 months old. I got a new CPU for it, but HP has made it impossible to mount any cooling that's not made by them (hint:$$$). It rips through iPhoto pretty fast and it is rock solid. Sleep, video, sound, wifi and FireWire all work. Ethernet doesn't though, but I don't miss it. The thing has 8 gigs of RAM, so I'm happy.
tliet
– July 07, 2009 05:30AM
So, my Dell S2409W got delivered today, 24" 16:9 full HD screen for 211 euros delivered. Ridiculous size, can't even see my livingroom anymore when I'm behind it. Great screen for the price.
El Jeffe
– July 07, 2009 09:50AM
What a journey.
Does your windmill blade(s) pass between you and the screen, causing viewing issues?
rino
– July 08, 2009 08:39AM
In America, the only respectable form of socialism is socialism for the rich.
That made me laugh ... and that's a big deal, for me.
Jeff Cooper
– July 10, 2009 05:35AM
Traveling as I currently am with my 17" MacBook Pro behemoth, I've been eyeing my stepmother's Dell netbook covetously.
El Jeffe
– July 10, 2009 06:04AM
What a journey.
Jeff,
Want to buy mine? Already has OSX on it, ready to go.
Dr Phred
(Moderator)
– August 07, 2009 06:13AM
-Swine Flu free since...cough, cough...
The 10.5.8 upgrade went very well. Just had to reinstall the sound drivers, but I always need to do that. Used Apple's upgrader.
I also found a fix for my net flix streaming error.
tliet
– August 07, 2009 10:20AM
Which distro are you using Fred? iAtkos 7?
Dr Phred
(Moderator)
– August 08, 2009 05:32AM
-Swine Flu free since...cough, cough...
iPC. 10.5.6.
John Willoughby
– November 02, 2009 06:16AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
tomierna
(Admin)
– November 02, 2009 08:19AM
Hideously Unnatural
The sourcing on the story is a bit weak, coming from a forum post. It's not really clear yet why Atom support doesn't work. Also, they have broken GMA950 video, which is in many older Macs, including MacBooks and Minis.
Simon
– November 03, 2009 12:47AM
including this macbook. they better be fixing that.
tliet
– November 03, 2009 08:23AM
I'm just going to stick with 10.5.7 which is rock solid on my Dell mini 9, if only the flash disks for it would come down a bit in price.
Dr Phred
(Moderator)
– November 03, 2009 02:33PM
-Swine Flu free since...cough, cough...
I'm on 10.5.8 on my dell, but someone has created a DVD image for snow leopard for my particular model. Downloading now.
John Willoughby
– December 21, 2009 08:33AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Did I miss Apple's releasing the official Bootcamp support for Windows 7? It was supposed to happen by the end of the year. I hope that this isn't another December 73rd situation.
I've got Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit running pretty well on my MBP (although I have to re-install the audio driver periodically), but I'd like to update the drivers to something official.
