nightrain811 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 strange indeed. that's like 800MHz-1GHz G4 territory. were other apps running when you ran geekbench? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulobrien Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Nothing! Investigating now... P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezley Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 id honestly say leopard runs more than usable. web browsing is quick, music playback is slick for a netbook i dont see why you would want anything more ? size wize it is perfect for travelling. for me atleast. i go snowboarding alot and having this for the travel is so much better then my bigger hewlett packard. gonna also try leopard tonight. see how much better it performs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulobrien Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Odd, rebooted and re-ran, same result! P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrain811 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 hmm...here's a windows geekbench score on the wind (837) http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/65720 perhaps something is funky with the extra RAM you installed? both of the 800+ scores had only the stock 1GB stick. maybe happycar could run a test and help confirm these results? download link: http://www.primatelabs.ca/download/Geekbench2-MacOSX.dmg.gz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteparozzi Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Well, you are running different versions of Geekbench and different versions of 10.5.... Geekbench Score 470 Version Geekbench 2.0.17 Platform Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.4 (Build 9E17) Model iMac7,1 Memory 2.00 GB 0 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Geekbench Score 880 Version Geekbench 2.0.12 Platform Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Build 9C7010) Model MacPro3,1 Memory 1.00 GB 0 MHz RAM Perhaps 10.5.4 is halving your speed. Or you have some cruft from the install or something. Hard to say there. 880 is respectable.... I'm in Taiwan, so maybe I'll go down to computer alley and pick one of these puppies up..... Now a touchscreen mod would be the real hotness. Also, your bus speed is showing up as being VERY different. That might factor in. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Try with just 1GB, see if that showes higher results. I've noticed that more ram with Geekbench can actually decrease your score. This has been true for me when upgrading from 4GB to 6GB DDR 800mhz. However it wasn't that dramatic of a result. Make sure everything is EXACTLY the same on the systems. --Be sure power is plugged into both --Bluetooth on/off --Running no apps in background --Same version of Geekbench --Same version of OS X -Stell hmm...here's a windows geekbench score on the wind (837) http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/65720 perhaps something is funky with the extra RAM you installed? both of the 800+ scores had only the stock 1GB stick. maybe happycar could run a test and help confirm these results? download link: http://www.primatelabs.ca/download/Geekbench2-MacOSX.dmg.gz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imadosser Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 You all know you can get one from pc world now? But its got an advent badge on it! http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw...mp;page=Product Pcworld's in london have them in stock now ... I think the other stores will have them tomorrow. £279.99 is pretty damn good too MSI Wind will also sell as... 1. MSI Wind - worldwide 2. Advent 4211 - UK 3. Medion Akoya - Germany 4. Ahtec Lug N011 - Spain, Belgium, Netherlands 5. Luvbook - Japan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-807896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmanfred Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Just checked the pcworld website and it did say expected 07/07/2008 now it says 08/07/2008, i've got one on order so lets hope that date doesn't get pushed back again. Has anyone made a tutorial yet? Other than the one on the windosx blog. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrain811 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 someone on the msiwind.net forum got a hold of the linux driver for the WLAN card. I emailed realtek yesterday to see if they have a Mac driver as well--no response yet. Not sure if it will be of any use, but here's the linux driver: http://www.mediafire.com/?tmctfjmzbd9 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabel0 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 You have to update your Bios !!! It quite doubles my Score Look and feel are a LOT faster with BIOS 1.05.... Here are my scores : http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/67336 I have the German OEM WIND called "Akoya". Love my OSX on it Odd, rebooted and re-ran, same result! P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny V Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 someone on the msiwind.net forum got a hold of the linux driver for the WLAN card. I emailed realtek yesterday to see if they have a Mac driver as well--no response yet. Not sure if it will be of any use, but here's the linux driver: http://www.mediafire.com/?tmctfjmzbd9 Here's Realtek's FTP driver site...might help with the Mac driver: ftp://210.51.181.211/cn There's a couple mac files in the wlan folder named: Realtek_RTL8187_MacOS10.4_Driver_1309_UI1.5.1.zip Realtek_RTL8187B_MacOS10.4_Driver_1117_UI_1.5.1A.zip Not sure if those files help or not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulobrien Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Removed RAM, still low GeekBench - I guess i've installed something it doesn't like - time for a rebuild! :/ P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabel0 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Removed RAM, still low GeekBench - I guess i've installed something it doesn't like - time for a rebuild! :/ P Did you try to update your BIOS ? I guess it will solve your low scores ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulobrien Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Bios is already at MSI 1.05 on this Advent machine. Fresh Kalyway install with only GMA950 selected in the options, Geekbench 500 :/ P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'm going to build a custom install disc for this laptop. I'm getting some help to get the WLAN working and what not. If anyone with this laptop is interested in helping me, please PM me. -Stell Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteparozzi Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I did a sound card dump from Ubuntu on the MSI Wind. I've attached the dump here for anyone trying it out. I'm still downloading iATKOS 2.0. Will post more when I get it installed. Interestingly, the Taiwanese version comes with Office 2007 installed as well as Windows XP, among other things (Acrobat, Winrar, Cyberlink DVD player). Not too shabby. Total price here was NT$20,000 including an external USB bus-powered DVD burner. That's about US$550. Wicked little machine. msiwind.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman80 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'm going to build a custom install disc for this laptop. I'm getting some help to get the WLAN working and what not. If anyone with this laptop is interested in helping me, please PM me. -Stell Great idea !! But , for example , in Europe there are MSI Wind U100's clones ( Akoya and Advent ) . They are similar to MSI WIND U100 , but seems WLAN is different : - MSI : Realtek RTL8187SE ( No driver available yet ) . - Akoya: Apparently it is a Ralink RT2790 (different from MSI Wind) . This WLAN seems work with Leopard . - Advent : ???? ( I dont' Know ) http://wind-osx86.wikispaces.com/ I hope to buy MSI WIND this week ... I want this MAC-Netbook.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
niek! Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 how does this system run with firefox (10tabs), MS2007 Word, excel (2documents) and skype for example? does it feel laggy? or is there no difference in speed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-808995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
case11 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 how does this system run with firefox (10tabs), MS2007 Word, excel (2documents) and skype for example? does it feel laggy? or is there no difference in speed I would say it's okay, I do not use skype but Trillian or ProteusX and it feels ok. An upgrade to 2 GB RAM would be a good deal, but ... some years ago our systems where even slower and we used it even so ;-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biasx31 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Running Kalyway 10.5.2 (akoya) Geekbench Bios 1.04 470 Bios 1.05 917 ( ) Xbench Bios 1.05 47 Seeems smooth to me. Webcam doesnt really work(turns on but no picture) wifi works but looses connection upon restart/sleep(ralink). In/out jack doesn't work. Built in mic doesn't work. Everyting else working fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezley Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 how di dyou get wifi working ? unless the branded wind you have has a different wifi card? what kexts did you use ? see, webcam works for me, picture but only in ichat, nothing else. and yeah the not having audio out jack is a pain :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrain811 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 @pezley yeah the Akoya has a different WLAN card - Ralink Wind has Realtek Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezley Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 @pezley yeah the Akoya has a different WLAN card - Ralink Wind has Realtek well theres my answer cheers for the quick reply. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansalmo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 But , for example , in Europe there are MSI Wind U100's clones ( Akoya and Advent ) . They are similar to MSI WIND U100 , but seems WLAN is different :- MSI : Realtek RTL8187SE ( No driver available yet ) .- Akoya: Apparently it is a Ralink RT2790 (different from MSI Wind) . This WLAN seems work with Leopard .- Advent : ???? ( I dont' Know )The Advent has the same Realtek RTL8187SE as the MSI.Seeems smooth to me. Webcam doesnt really work(turns on but no picture) wifi works but looses connection upon restart/sleep(ralink). In/out jack doesn't work. Built in mic doesn't work. Everyting else working fine.My webcam works fine in PhotoBooth, though I'm having a little trouble with ethernet. If I boot with a network cable connected, it works fine. If I plug a cable after boot, Network Preferences just reports that no cable is connected. Is it working correctly for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113018-os-x-on-the-msi-wind-before-its-released/page/5/#findComment-809236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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