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OS X on the MSI Wind, Before it's Released

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A hacker, and a member of our forums, has managed to get Mac OS X Leopard running on the MSI Wind. This is what jav had to say about getting it on his MSI Wind. It's translated from spanish.

Well, here it is. The new MSI Wind running Kalyway 10.5.2. I still have to make some adjustments, such as the resolution and the wireless card, but I couldn't stop myself from posting these images that I'm sure will get the interest from more than one person. Ethernet and Bluetooth work right out of the box, so I'm really expecting a lot from this small notebook.

All that and the MSI Wind isn't even going to be released until July 7th.

EDIT: It appears that the sound also works OTB. The resolution and wireless are the only things that we know of that don't work.

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pezley

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.

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meteparozzi

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.

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stellarola

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

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imadosser

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

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jackmanfred

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.

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Johnny V
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.

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nabel0
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 !

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stellarola

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

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meteparozzi

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

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hitman80
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.... :D

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niek!

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

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case11
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 ;-)

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biasx31

Running Kalyway 10.5.2 (akoya)

 

Geekbench

 

Bios 1.04 470

Bios 1.05 917 ( :D )

 

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.

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pezley

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 :/

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pezley
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yeah the Akoya has a different WLAN card - Ralink

 

Wind has Realtek

 

 

well theres my answer :( cheers for the quick reply.

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ansalmo
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?
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pezley
The Advent has the same Realtek RTL8187SE as the MSI.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?

 

 

i know that wasnt directed at me but i figured i would give my input.

oddly enough im the exact opposite. photobooth crash and hangs and my network port/cabling is perfectly fine.can plug/uplug as much as i like with out a hitch. im using leo4all v3 if it makes any difference ( on an advent brand )

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