Although there is another thread focusing on building a Mac pro I figured I'd start one surrounding Netbooks and OSX. As you may have read I have recently had my Macbook stolen. I can't switch back to windows as I have too many priorities with OSX including work. So, what's the best Netbook for OSX? ideally I want something that can support Snow Leopard and has pretty much full functionality, sound isn't a big deal but wifi is. My budget is around $500 AUD. I've tried googling the matter but most sites date back to 2008.
Twimfy it looks like hackintoshing an Acer Aspire One is doable and only requires a wireless card swap to a dell model to make it fully functional. Personally I have 2 ZG5's and a D250. They're nice light and capable units that are incredibly easy to disassemble and upgrade. Now the reason I bring up the Aspire One and that I have 3 is basically that I can empathize with your current situation and I wouldn't mind selling you one dirt cheap. Let me check shipping to Australia and if you're interested perhaps we can work something out. In the mean time I'll look into actually installing OSX on one of them and let you know just how involved it actually is.
I've heard that MSI Wind netbooks have pretty good compatibility with OS X too. EDIT: You should also check insanelymac.com, it's a good source to find out which systems give the best OS X experience.
Hey dude, you've had a pretty shitty run of late (understatement) and I've been feeling for you but haven't really known of any way to help. I'd be happy to lend you, for a couple of months to get you through, an Asus 1000HE (N280 @ 1.66GHz, 2GB ram, 160GB HDD). HE model has the larger battery, can easily get 7-8 hours out of it if you go easy on it. I'm not sure of its Hackintoshing ability. Then you could spend your 500 dollar budget on important things like eating and when you're a little more comfortable financially you could pick something up of your own? Thoughts?
I found a link recently that documented making one, and like a dumbass didn't do anything with it. :/
Hi, I have to agree with the Dell Minis being great for a hackintosh. I built my Dell Mini 9 with OS 10.5.7 last year and it has been fantastic. Try mydellmini forums for great info and tutorials. Mini 10v seems to be getting more support lately and presumably runs Snow Leopard without a hitch. I never upgraded to 10.6 because everything, and I mean EVERYTHING works perfect on 10.5 - sleep, wake, battery indicator, airport, etc. The nice thing about it too is that you can use a retail disc for the install - no weird hacked/modded files. There are also several methods for a successful install. I used a RunCore SSD and performed the install of the OS and other software with my own Macbook. Great stuff.
I've turned about 3 netbooks into hackintoshs. They are surprising little macs if given the chance. To bad apple hates them because the purposefully disabled support for Atom CPUs in the OS X kernel. This means that you have to use a hacked kernel to run OS X now, not nearly as cool or fun as running a vanilla kernel. Apple really does need a cheap Macbook Mini that goes for about $499, but thats not going to happen now with the iPad out (and I have one and I'm loving this slate).
Anything with the older Atom N270 processor. Haven't heard too much about the new N450 series, but I know the HP Mini 210 isn't having great luck with OSX at this time. MSI wind are great hackintosh's...as are the older HP Mini and even some Aspire Ones. Most though need a new wireless, although some Winds have a compatible wireless card with a driver install! Ryan
