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Click to expand.don't know if its that slow from the looks of it on youtube it runs ok i won't go to hard on these laptops because i have mac pro quad-core also the asus models look really bad (but thats a taste issue) to bad all models have no firewire that way i could have used the apogee duet here are some videos from youtube msi wind: medion akoya E1210: so they're not as powerful as the macbook. But just for basic stuff and school it could be enough plus don't have more money to spent at this point. Click to expand.The Intel Atom CPU used in most of the newer laptops is a very underpowered CPU. It's slower than the G4 mini, so no.
Don't expect to run any sort of CPU intensive applications such as Logic or Final Cut Pro, etc. Not well at least. The Atom was designed to be a low-power solution, e.g., run for 5 hours on battery power. It wasn't designed as a powerhouse. It runs about half as fast as a Core 2 Duo running at the same clock speed. The 'netbooks' are meant to browse the Web, check email and other very basic tasks, not for any applications that require great amounts of CPU power.
The Intel Atom CPU used in most of the newer laptops is a very underpowered CPU. It's slower than the G4 mini, so no. Don't expect to run any sort of CPU intensive applications such as Logic or Final Cut Pro, etc.
Not well at least. The Atom was designed to be a low-power solution, e.g., run for 5 hours on battery power. It wasn't designed as a powerhouse. It runs about half as fast as a Core 2 Duo running at the same clock speed. The 'netbooks' are meant to browse the Web, check email and other very basic tasks, not for any applications that require great amounts of CPU power. I have a MSI Wind running OS X. It works wonderfully.
Be sure you know the issues though. WiFi does NOT work out of the box. You need to purchase another wifi card, open up the laptop and install it. Fortunately,they run for under $30 on ebay. Mine arrives on wednesday 2. Line in/out doesn't work. You get sound out of the speakers, and you can use a USB-audio connector but just plugging in headphones/mic doesn't work.
It's probably not very legal. I had office running, Firefox open with a few web pages and itunes playing some music (had the laptop plugged into my router) and it worked very well. Nice and smooth and boots quickly to boot. Bluetooth, sleep function worked, and dual booting with XP is pretty easy (I'm in XP right now since I have now wifi in OS X). It takes some doing but if you're up for it. I've never used Final Cut so I don't know how well it would work. You can browse some msiwind forums and ask some of those people, they push the little laptops pretty hard.
I have a MSI Wind running OS X. It works wonderfully. Be sure you know the issues though. WiFi does NOT work out of the box. You need to purchase another wifi card, open up the laptop and install it. Fortunately,they run for under $30 on ebay. Mine arrives on wednesday 2.
Line in/out doesn't work. You get sound out of the speakers, and you can use a USB-audio connector but just plugging in headphones/mic doesn't work. It's probably not very legal.
I've never used Final Cut so I don't know how well it would work. You can browse some msiwind forums and ask some of those people, they push the little laptops pretty hard. Click to expand.So, £330 for the MSI Wind, $30 for a replacement wifi card (and possibly an invalid warranty), 50 for 2GB RAM, you're getting mighty near the price of a second hand or refurb Macbook. That refurb or second hand macbook will give you working everything, be upgradable to Leopard, run windows full speed, run FCP and other audio programs, have a far bigger HD, and a better resale value. That's the conclusion I reach every time I look at running OSX on a msubnotebook. It's hard to compete with a second hand or refurb MB. (Even a Core Duo still runs faster, and most people can't tell the difference between a CD and a C2D in daily use).
So, £330 for the MSI Wind, $30 for a replacement wifi card (and possibly an invalid warranty), €50 for 2GB RAM, you're getting mighty near the price of a second hand or refurb Macbook. That refurb or second hand macbook will give you working everything, be upgradable to Leopard, run windows full speed, run FCP and other audio programs, have a far bigger HD, and a better resale value. That's the conclusion I reach every time I look at running OSX on a msubnotebook. It's hard to compete with a second hand or refurb MB. (Even a Core Duo still runs faster, and most people can't tell the difference between a CD and a C2D in daily use). Click to expand.your right but the problem is no more mr green plus can't wait and also like the size of this 10 inch laptop after the upgrades etc. (so i can run full leopard) its about €500,- in total maybe less if i'm lucky that means: -10inch laptop with a free sleeve -better battery -2gb ram in place of 1 gb -external dvd rom or usb stick -wireless card with bluetooth and after that sell what has been replaced also i bought the laptop for use of only one year my mom can have it when i'm done with school ( now isn't that sweet ) after that the itablet or macbook mini will be available and buy one of those.
They Medion, Advent & Wind are EXACTLY the same machine only rebranded. Hardware wise they are identical. Even down to the poxy 3 Cell battery that now ships with the wind due to supply issues. Medion Akoya Mini is €399 Advent 4211 is €379 Wind is €499 Unless you prefer the color options by the medion (white & silver/back) over the advent 4211 (black outside / silver inside) then there is little difference. The Wind is ridiculously overpriced and I expect when they do finally ship to Europe in numbers they will do so with the upgraded 6 cell, otherwise they will have to come down in price as it is simply overpriced especially considering the E1000 is €450 online. It seems that the medion Bluetooth is indeed optional? Weird Well in that case I'd go for the Advent as it comes as standard and is still cheaper.
Head to pixmania.com and it can be picked up for €355.
I recently got an variant of the MSI Wind (identical hardware, different colour) from at a bargainous £279.99 (considerably cheaper than the MSI version!). Of course, the first thing I did was upgrade the 80GB hard drive to a 160GB one (same vendor, same model!) that I had lying around, chucked in an (bringing the total to 2GB), and then my thoughts turned to which OS to run on it! Altho it ships with the perfectly likable Windows XP SP3, I really wanted to know if the machine, with it's respected Intel Atom processor, was up to the job of running OSX Leopard, my operating system of choice. As it turns out, it's running really well. And this is my guide to getting your Wind running it too. Enjoy:( P P.S.
A number of people have asked how they can make donations, you can do so my (choose any amount that suits you!). All donations will go ONLY towards buying the next Netbook to OSX!:o Step by step for Aspire One next perhaps? What is and isn't going to work Before we start, I want to make clear that although I am using my device every day and it works great, not everything is 100% compared to a a regular XP build, or a real mac. VERY close, but not quite. WORKING GREAT! - Graphics card running accelerated at 1024x600 native resolution - Ethernet - Webcam - Internal speakers - USB - SD card slot - Sleep - Bluetooth - Hotkeys for display, volume etc. Touchpad WORKING OK (i.e.
With caveats!) - VGA out (working as a secondary display, but not in mirrored mode!) - Keyboard layout (for some reason the backslash on the UK keyboard between shift and Z is not detected, remapped to key to left of '1') NOT WORKING - WiFi (see below!) - Headphone port - Mic port - Internal mic - Hibernate - native macs hibernate using EFI signals, which doesn't work on 'hackintoshes'. Still pursuing a fix for this! Of course, of this list, the non working WiFi is the real killer. The mini PCI express card inside is a Realtek RTL8187SE part, and at the time of writing, no drivers have been found for OSX. I am optimistic this might change, but in the interim I splashed £12.99 on a A like for like easy fit, this card is picked up natively by OSX. Think you can live with these caveats?
I definitely can for the benefits I get!:lol: If so, then proceed on to the post below!:D. Last update: 14/07/08 - video and images online!
What you need to install OSX on your Wind Here's a list of what you MUST have to install OSX on your Wind. An external DVD drive - A DVD containing Kalyway 10.5.2 install (you can find this on the usual 'torrent sites') - The Kalyway 10.5.3 upgrader (as above) on a USB stick or CD/DVD - The official 10.5.4 DELTA update from on a USB stick or CD/DVD. Do NOT use the Combo updater. My Wind driver and utility pack (download ) on a USB stick or CD / DVD And here's an item you really SHOULD have to install OSX on your Wind. A proper licenced copy of Leopard Now, of course you could install without the above item, but i'm in favour of being fair to Apple.
Regardless of the intricacies and enforcability (or otherwise) of the EULA, it's playing fair to buy a licence for Leopard if you plan to use it on a machine. It's up to you of course, but it makes me feel better! I look at it as 'Apple won't build me a 10' notebook so I have to do it myself':o I also have upgraded my RAM to 2GB. Very cheap indeed at! Disclaimer Of course, installing OSX on your Wind is gonna wipe whatever is on there already. I'm sure you know that already:lol: Also, if anything goes horribly wrong, you're following my guide at your own risk m'kay?:lol: Before you start - ensure you have BIOS version of at least 1.05 installed! You can view the BIOS version by entering the BIOS setup (press 'del' at startup).
MSI machines: - Advent machines: After updating your BIOS, enter BIOS setup and press F9 to 'restore best performance defaults'. This step is VITAL! Step by Step - installing OSX on your Wind 1.
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Insert the Kalyway 10.5.2 disk into your external DVD drive, and plug it into your Wind 2. Start your Wind, and press F11 when prompted to choose a boot device. When the blue list pops up, select your DVD drive 3. When prompted to hit a key to boot from CD/DVD, hit a key. You'll see a ton of text scroll up the screen - just sit tight:lol: 4. You'll next be presented with your language select screen. I imagine you want English, so just hit enter!
It'll then sit doing 'Preparing Installation' for a while. When you get the 'Welcome' screen, don't hit continue straight away! Move your point to the 'Utilities' menu, and select 'Disk Utility'. When the Disk Utility application has loaded, click your main drive in the left hand pane (probably the very top entry, 'WDC WD800 or similar') 7. Click 'Partition' on the right hand pane.
Under 'Volume Scheme', click '1 partition'. Give your disk a nice name. I chose 'Leopard'.
Original, I know! Click 'Apply' 11. Wait for it to do it's thing, then select 'Quit Disk Utility' from the 'Disk Utility' menu. You'll now be taken back to the installer welcome page. Click 'Continue'. Click 'Agree' when the legalese blurb pops up. Choose a destination drive - obviously the one you just partitioned!
Click 'Continue'. Click 'Customize'. Completely uncheck 'Language Translations'. Expand 'Kernels' and select ONLY 'kernelvanilla92' 18.
Expand 'GraphicsDrivers', expand 'IntelGMA' and select ONLY 'GMA950' 19. Completely uncheck 'AudioDrivers'. Expand 'NetworksDrivers'. And select ONLY 'RTL1000'. Completely uncheck 'MoboChipsets'.
Completely uncheck 'ThirdsApplications'. Expand 'Patches' and select 'TimeMachineFix' and 'PowerManagementbundle'. Click 'Done' 25. Click 'Install' and go and make yourself a cup of tea!:D 26. The install will now take place, if you want to speed it up, you can 'Skip' the installation DVD check. Re: the Time Remaining calculation, it's not really that accurate.
In particular, the 'Time Remaining: About a minute' is pretty optimistic:( 28. When the 'Install Succeeded' screen appears, eject the install DVD and hit 'Restart'.
OS will now start up for the first time, and take you through the setup wizard. When you have booted into OSX for the first time, insert the disk containing the Kalyway 10.5.3 update. Run '1KalywayUpdCombo10.5.3.pkg' and step through the installation process. Do NOT hit restart when prompted! After the above install has completed, run '2kalyway10.5.3kernel.pkg' and step through the installation process. Select the 'vallinakernel9.3' kernel. Restart your Wind.
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When prompted to do so, press F8 to interrupt the Darwin startup. Type 'update -v' (without the quotes obviously), and press enter.
Your Wind may reboot a couple of times during this update process. When you have booted back into OSX, insert the disk containing the 10.5.4 delta update.
Double click the 'MacOSXUpd10.5.4.dmg' to mount the image. After the image has mounted, run 'MacOSXUpd10.5.4.pkg' and step through the installation process. Restart when prompted. When you have booted into OSX, insert the disk containing my Wind driver and utility pack. Select the 'utilities' directory in my pack. Drag 'kext helper b7' somewhere helpful. Your 'Applications' folder for example.
MAKING CPU SHOW U CORRECTLY IN ABOUT THIS MAC: Double click 'AboutThisMac' in the 'utilities' directory and step through the installation process. ENABLING SOUND: Change to the 'sound' directory and double click 'AzaliaAudio.pkg' and step through the installation process. Do NOT hit restart when prompted! GRAPHICS, BATTERY ICON, ABOUT THIS MAC FIXES / MACHINE TYPE COMPATABILITY, ETHERNET AND SLEEP ON LID CLOSED: Change to the 'kexts' directory. Run kexthelper, and drag all of the.kext files in this directory to it's window.
Switch to the kexthelper window, input your password, then click 'Easy Install'. Run 'System Preferences' - 'Energy Saver' and select 'Show Details'.
Select 'Options' and then 'Show battery status in menu bar'. FIXING KEYBOARD MAP (UK keyboard layouts only): Change to the 'kaylayout' directory on my Wind driver and utility pack, and copy 'Advent 4211.keylayout' to ' Library Keyboard Layouts'. Run 'System Preferences' - 'International', and click 'Input Menu'. SCroll down the list until you see 'Advent 4211'.
Click the checkbox, and you will see a flag appear in your menu bar. Click this to select the Advent layout. All you need to do now is to get a network connection (either by Ethernet or Wireless if you are using a non-standard card), and run 'Software Update' from the 'Apple' menu to get the latest software updates. Congratulations, you have OSX on your Wind!:lol. Lol, I wondered if these could run OSX but I keep getting wrong for taking them apart at work (Yes I work for PCW). Just incase anyone is having issues with there wireless connection within Windows, don't update to the newest driver pushed out by Windows Update!
I've had loads at work now that have intermittent issues with the wireless as Microsoft have managed to find a driver for the Realtek 8187 card that Realtek have not actually released, and it causes so many issues with the wireless!!! Apart from that, its a shame that they cant take anymore than an extra 1GB RAM, tried 2GB but it doesnt POST, also, anyone going to be brave enough to try one of the 500GB hdds coming out next month in one? Lol, again I'm not allowed to as I've taken them apart a few times now. Anyways, enjoy your new netbook/reasonably priced mac! If I had a need for one I'd get one, but I'll stick with my shiny new Asus G1Sn, hmmmm.