loudog3114 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ive been considering the Acer Aspire One because its just so cheap from radioshack with decent enough specs. But the osx86 compatibility is still shakey. What have people had the most luck with? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 That's a good one to get. I have a Dell Mini9 and am very happy with it. Either one should do you well. Here's a good place to go for information about the Mini9: http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/mac-os-x-f23.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-984797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ks5z Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Ive been considering the Acer Aspire One because its just so cheap from radioshack with decent enough specs. But the osx86 compatibility is still shakey. What have people had the most luck with? lenovo s10 is a pretty good choice, very similar to the msi wind, except you won't have to replace the wireless card, and the only thing that you can't get to work right now is the LAN port. I've got mine dual booting with vista right now... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-984805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudog3114 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 how is the battery life on either of those? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-984861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theperson10 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 i don't know much about this, but, for my part, i'm gonna buy the lenovo s10 just to install os x on it, while the others i have little or no interest in. After all, Lenovo bought their business from IBM, and aside from Apple, IBM(Lenovo) makes the best hardware. and besides, the dell mini 9 has no F1 -F12 keys. some might not have a problem with that, but I know i would. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-984872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Lenovo is a chinese company. Yeah, they bought the Thinkpad arm of IBM, but they are no longer IBM. That's all I have to say about that. The Mini9's wifi is supported out of the box, it's a BroadCom chipset card. No problem. The Mini9 DOES have F keys, F1-F12, they are accessed via the Fn key like the volume control and screen brightness are. They did away with the physical row of F keys so that the keyboard could be closer to full size. I think it was a good thing. I say this as I'm laying in bed touch typing this message in the dark. how is the battery life on either of those? I get 3+ hours on my Mini9. I think the Aspire One has a larger battery option. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-984894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ks5z Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 how is the battery life on either of those? s10 has a 3-cell battery, so not that good, 2-3 hours (haven't done any time testing on mine personally), but you will be able to buy a 6-cell for it eventually. One other thing I forgot to mention, is that the RAM slot and harddrive is easily accessible for upgrades by a panel on the bottom (unlike some of the others). I looked at the mini9 for a moment, but no harddrive space was a no-go from the start for me... Based on my experience getting it to dual boot and run osx, having a spare partition for testing and/or running a backup osx system while playing with all the kext's to get it to operate properly was a life saver as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottoman1384 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I have had my dell mini 9 for about a week now and i love it!! its really sweet. only thing i dont like about it is that there is now two finger scrolling. other then that works fine even with only 512mb of memory. but my 2gb stick should be in the mail today or tomorrow. its hard to go back to my macbook... that thing is a beast compared to the mini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudog3114 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 I also need bluetooth for PAN tethering. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Bluetooth on the mini9 works like a champ. As for hard drive space. The laptop I upgraded from still had a 30gb hard drive in it. So with the 32gb SSD, I'm already as good as that unit for storage space, and I have a 64gb SSD on order, which I feel will be all the space I'm going to need on a mobile device. There's always the SD slot if I need more, toss a 32gb card in there (well, as soon as SDHC support is added to that driver, right now only SD support has been written).. Did I mention it's easy to add a touchscreen to the Mini9? And it works in OSX.. I love modding my toys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudog3114 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 has dell come out with a high cap battery yet? Battery life is a big concern of mine, the more the bettery. what use is there to a tiny laptop that gets 3 hours of life, ya know? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 No, there's really no way for them to make a bigger battery for it due to the way they designed the unit. Unless there's unused space inside the current battery, which I doubt. 3 hours is perfect for my needs, but I can see where 8 would be handy if you're out away from any other power sources. You can buy additional batteries, but that gets kinda clunky. And hibernate (safe sleep) does not work, so it'd require a full shutdown/restart to swap batteries. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-985887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPC561 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I would propose the Asus EEE 1000H. 10 inch non glare display, 6cell Battery. Maco OS is running well including speedstep, sleep, Bluethooth, WebCam, Wireless (with Ralink driver but for 20 Euro I bought a Broadcom BCM94321 mini PCI card which is recognized as Airport). Also sound works (excluded is the microfon). You can regulate the Brightness and so on. The Harddisk, RAM and the mini PCI Slot are easy to acces (only 2 srews). There is a own forum with a wiki with detailled installation instructions including a zip package including all neccessary kext and apps to get it running well. You can find it: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/installing_ideneb_1_3_1000h Only ethernet does not work actually but there is the possibilty to by a USB to Ethernet adapter. To get the microphone running you can simply buy a USB to sound adapter for 10 Euro if neccessary -- MPC561 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139056-which-netbook-to-get-for-osx/#findComment-986301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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