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    Image of Admore thinks really long names make you funnier Admore thinks really long names make you funnier
    04/16/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    Great install guide, but I think I've caught one problem at STEP 15 if you are using the USB install method.


    If you are using the USB method with two partitions described above (I did) - then you may have to enter "81" instead of "80" to choose to boot from the SSD after you have installed OS X, but are still doing steps with the "Type 11" bootloader partition, at step 15.


    If you're using USB and following all the steps, and think it's not working, try entering "81" instead of "80" at the point where the Gizmodo guide calls for it.


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    Also, some of the files may not download from their links - search for the filenames and you should find them.

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    Image of Chuan Wei Chuan Wei
    04/16/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    Hey Gizmodo, must a PC Dell mini 9 be used? Or can one with ubuntu do the trick?
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    Image of Admore thinks really long names make you funnier Admore thinks really long names make you funnier
    04/16/09

    @Chuan Wei: It doesn't really matter what OS is on the Dell Mini9 - you'll be erasing it to format with OS X. Save money, and get Ubuntu instead of windows. I did, and it's fine.
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    Image of LorettaDeepak LorettaDeepak
    03/24/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    do you need a mac to do the disk utility part?
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    Image of Admore thinks really long names make you funnier Admore thinks really long names make you funnier
    04/16/09

    @LorettaDeepak: @Zach Morin: You'll be erasing Ubuntu or whatever on the SSD, so it doesn't really matter. Except that you can save a few bucks by getting Ubuntu instead of windows.


    Interestingly, the Dell Ubuntu install comes with several nice Linux apps (open office, stellarium, kids stuff, games etc). Play around with it a bit on ubuntu to see if you like any of the stuff that comes with it, as almost all those apps are ported to OS X.

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    Image of Admore thinks really long names make you funnier Admore thinks really long names make you funnier
    04/16/09

    @LorettaDeepak: Yes. There are windows and linux apps to turn "iso" into "dmg" though - if you're not on a mac, and you have a copy of OS X - you'll need to do that.


    There are other ways to do it. The Dell Mini forums are a good place to look.


    BUT - whatever you chose - the Type 11 install is best for the Mini9.

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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    02/23/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    I just pooped..my pants...twice!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    I futzed around putting OS X on everything under the sun when it first came out years ago; kind of as a challenge. But it isn't really a challenge anymore. So the only reason to do it, is if you can't afford the OEM Apple stuff, or just want the OS on some kind of hardware that Apple won't put out. In that category, this little box is kind of the perfect sort of diy project. You get the advantages of less attack issues when you use it to travel in unprotected free surf zones, and it's teensy. Maybe Apple will be putting out something like it when they see people go to the trouble to roll their own.
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    Image of snoop-blog snoop-blog
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    Yeah because macs are so versatile! I mean I can pick whatever color I like! Or I could go pc, and customize every possible component. But if I really want to be a little snowflake, I should buy a blue, red, or yellow mac huh?
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    Image of dapoktan dapoktan
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    Does anyone know if this will work with a Dell Mini 12?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/21/09

    @dapoktan: Google knows. Have you asked Google?
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    Image of citizen024 citizen024
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    well, there are better legal alternatives that don't need money..


    LINUX FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    seriously, try the latest Ubuntu (if you use a netbook, theres even a nice interface for that).


    If you want something more flashy, then fedora looks realy nice with KDE 4.2.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/21/09

    @citizen024: Tried Ubuntu. Didn't like it. Tried Ubuntu a second time. Still didn't like it. Tried Kubuntu. Didn't like that.


    Tried 10.4.9. Liked it. Apple released 10.4.10. It broke a bunch of programs. I didn't like that. Tried 10.5. Didn't like that it was full of bugs. Apple released 10.5.1 two weeks later. Didn't like that Apple shipped a buggy product late. Then the drive in my MacBook broke 2 weeks out of warranty. I didn't like that. Apple said I should have bought the $300 AppleCare warranty to cover the $150 drive. I didn't like that. Threatened to sue. Liked that. Apple fixed the computer for free. Eventually switched back to Windows because I'm a PC.


    Tried Vista. Liked it okay. Tried Vista 64. Liked it okay but didn't like that there wasn't a lot of driver support for it at the time. Went back to Vista.


    Tried Windows 7. Loved it. Tried Windows 7 (64). Still loving it.

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    Image of Daelen Beamont Daelen Beamont
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    Best Os? Nice touch. Thanks for you useless opinion. Maybe you should keep those kinda things to yourself. Theres a good reason why the world uses Windows, and always will. Maybe your just to naive to see that. Peace.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/21/09

    @Daelen Beamont: Talk about useless opinions....
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/21/09

    @Daelen Beamont: From the looks of this comment, I question whether or not you know why most of the world uses Windows, but, as Jrsy Devil's Food Cake® says....
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    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    02/22/09

    @Daelen Beamont: Maybe you should keep those kinds of things to yourself until you're getting paid to write for a successful blog. He's getting paid to tell you that while you just waste more of your worthless life coming around here telling him to shut up. Stay on facebook and learn some respect.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    As someone who uses both platforms, I fail to see the point of this exercise. Why not just spend a couple of hours and learn to use the OS the unit shipped with?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/21/09

    @PaddyDugan: It's pretty safe to assume that if you're savvy enough to go through the process of hackintoshing a netbook, you already know how to work the OS you're replacing.
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    Image of Daemonicus Daemonicus
    02/21/09

    In reply to How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
    mac computing without the mac over inflated prices. nice idea. Apple should just cave and make its OS available to whoever wants to install it on whatever machine i dno why they don't to be honest, but i'm sure someone will educate me on it lol ...
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    Image of EightFlyingCars EightFlyingCars
    02/21/09

    @Daemonicus:


    They had a "clone" program before where they licensed the OS to run on other brands of hardware. QA problems nearly killed the company.


    OS X runs as nicely as it does because it only has to worry about running on a handful of computers, as opposed to Windows or Linux which are built to run on a variety of hardware setups with occasionally mixed results.


    That's basically it, really.

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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    02/21/09

    @EightFlyingCars:


    That may be the official reason given for buying out the clone manufacturers, but I don't think that's the real reason. What happened was that Apple gambled that clones would expand the MacOS market share, and that didn't happen. Instead the clones merely cannibalized sales. So Apple bought out the one or two clone manufacturers that had made a go of it.

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