Bryhe1 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 i am going to get a netbook for Christmas and i really want to convert it in to a hackintosh but i really dont know what model or brand to get i want pretty much everything to work ( camera, wifi etc) i want something with a HDD not SSD and a Intel atom any one have any recommendations ? thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXtotheZ Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 i am going to get a netbook for Christmas and i really want to convert it in to a hackintosh but i really dont know what model or brand to get i want pretty much everything to work ( camera, wifi etc) i want something with a HDD not SSD and a Intel atom any one have any recommendations ? thanks in advance not the Acer Aspire One d250. 10.5.8 works (ideneb) but no ethernet no wifi out of the box. No vanilla kernel and its still a little glitchy. I think Dell mini 10s are probably the best but I would like to know the answer to whats best too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1337436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xameleon Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 i have installed succesfully leopard on lg x110 and compaq on my lg x110 its working all perfect but im using the realtek utility for wifi and a program for the cam on the compaq everything except lan is perfect the wifi is using airport Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1337731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_matthew Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hello everyone, I was going to ask the same question, as both my pc broke down at the same time, and I need an economic pc while thy both get repaired. As far as I know dell mini 10v is the best solution at the moment, as it can run 10.6.2. Can anyone confirm this statement??? Thanks to all! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1338146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtc26 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/o...k-compatib.html may help, though it is a bit old Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1338303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_matthew Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/o...k-compatib.html may help, though it is a bit old Thanks for the answer but as you said this table is too old; the scene has chan ged a lot form july! Other suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1341978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thanks for the answer but as you said this table is too old; the scene has chan ged a lot form july! Sadly the OS X friendly netbook segment hasn't. Probably the best 2 supported models are the Dell Mini 9 and mini 10v. Both have full working wireless and wired ethernet, audio and video. Plus they have an excellent support site @ http://www.mydellmini.com/ If you are looking to buy a netbook to specifically run OS X on, it would be difficult to do better than either of those 2 models. You can currently snag the Vostro A90 (all black version of the mini 9) from Dell for $184. Had 8 gig SSD and bluetooth. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1342097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_matthew Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Sadly the OS X friendly netbook segment hasn't. Probably the best 2 supported models are the Dell Mini 9 and mini 10v. Both have full working wireless and wired ethernet, audio and video. Plus they have an excellent support site @ http://www.mydellmini.com/ If you are looking to buy a netbook to specifically run OS X on, it would be difficult to do better than either of those 2 models. You can currently snag the Vostro A90 (all black version of the mini 9) from Dell for $184. Had 8 gig SSD and bluetooth. Let's say that, if by chance I can obtain a full functional mini machintosh, that would be really nice! I really need a small pc right now, and even if I would pay more to get a dell, it would be delivered more than 2 weeks from now! (And in Italy we don't have a dell-outlet as in America or uk). Actually I'm following the discussion over the eepc 1005ha, I hope that it evolves in something! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1342477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Just as an update, I received a Dell mini 10v today as a birthday present from girlfriend. Just installed Leopard and running the 10.5.8 combo update. Only trouble was I had to downgrade the bios from A06 to A04. Neat little machine. Will have to tinker with it some more tomorrow...get all my apps installed and such. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1343648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_matthew Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Just as an update, I received a Dell mini 10v today as a birthday present from girlfriend. Just installed Leopard and running the 10.5.8 combo update. Only trouble was I had to downgrade the bios from A06 to A04. Neat little machine. Will have to tinker with it some more tomorrow...get all my apps installed and such. Was wondering, why haven't you gone with the snow leopard installation? It works better with leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1344120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Was wondering, why haven't you gone with the snow leopard installation? It works better with leopard? To be honest, I am running Leopard on all my machines still because I haven't seen much a need to move up to SL yet. Whilst SL works fine on the mini 10v, I personally think Leopard is a little better supported. SL still has some growing pains going on and with system updates that could break compatibility at any time, I just don't see a need to move to it. Where as Leopard support is pretty much polished and nearly bullet proof. But, I'll probably move my desktop Quad box over to SL sometime in the near future. Also, I get around two to two and half hours runtime from the mini 10v and the stock 3 cell battery. I have read several reports of folks getting 5 + hours from the 6 cell pack. Course wifi on and screen brightness heavily effect this. Surprisingly the stock 1 gigabyte of ram actually works great with Leopard. I thought for sure it would drag, but its pretty snappy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1346602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_matthew Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 To be honest, I am running Leopard on all my machines still because I haven't seen much a need to move up to SL yet. Whilst SL works fine on the mini 10v, I personally think Leopard is a little better supported. SL still has some growing pains going on and with system updates that could break compatibility at any time, I just don't see a need to move to it. Where as Leopard support is pretty much polished and nearly bullet proof. But, I'll probably move my desktop Quad box over to SL sometime in the near future. Also, I get around two to two and half hours runtime from the mini 10v and the stock 3 cell battery. I have read several reports of folks getting 5 + hours from the 6 cell pack. Course wifi on and screen brightness heavily effect this. Surprisingly the stock 1 gigabyte of ram actually works great with Leopard. I thought for sure it would drag, but its pretty snappy. I Have to admit, I couldn't resist buying a mini 10v; It should be delivered by 10th december, I hope all the hackintosh installation goes as painless as I hope... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198695-best-netbook-for-hackintosh-conversion/#findComment-1349110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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