Comments on: Dell Mini 9 OSX install

By: sybbian

sybbian — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:16:35 +0000

I bought one of these for my father and put mac on it and he loves it!

By: hwood

hwood — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:34:04 +0000

I can’t believe how well the Dell Mini9 runs OS X and how easy it is to install. I’ll be purchasing at least 4 more for the family.

By: mbbrock

mbbrock — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:26:40 +0000

I too installed OSX on my Mini 9 five months ago – here’s my review – http://www.mobilebroadbandrocks.com/dell-mini-9-with-osx-5-month-road-test/

By: Conrad

Conrad — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:41:38 +0000

I made the switch to OS X last year on Apple hardware. It is so addictive, I can never see myself going back to Windows. I do tech support work and have to support windows. Everything time I have to reboot to install something, it is like a poke in the eye. Only rarely do I have to reboot OS X on a software update or change. Most often I simply shut down the one application and then reopen it. Fast Painless, Fun. Windows, is Painful, Slow, and Boring.

By: peter

peter — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:35:09 +0000

I have a friend in Japan (in on Maui) who took 3 hours and turned his Dell mini into a Mac OS Machine. We even used iChat for video conferencing and it worked! The image was clearly not up to spec as was using a full fledged Apple computer, but it worked really well despite a little fuzziness around the edges.

By: Pro

Pro — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:29:45 +0000

i swear i can do it

By: emdc

emdc — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:41:23 +0000

I’ve been running OS X on my Dell mini 9 since the 1st of December. I started out with the MSIWindozx86 install (10.5.4) but too many things didn’t work. Finally got around to doing a proper Type11 install from my retail DVD, upgraded it to 10.5.6, & have been happy with it ever since! Software Update works & so far hasn’t broken anything & the computer sleeps when you close the lid & behaves after it wakes up. Mine has a 32 GB Runcore SSD, 2 GB RAM, & a 16 GB SD card for extra storage space.

By: 00cho

00cho — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:33:40 +0000

lazylizard
Breaking an eula is not the same thing as breaking the law. If you break the law, you can be arrested. If you break an eula, the other party can sue you. These are two very different outcomes.

By: John Who

John Who — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:15:51 +0000

OSX on a Mini9 is quite a good solution to get a so small machine able to perform moving business and pleasure functions…
Logic Pro allows around 30 instances of platinum verb… not bad isn’t it ?

And indeed, all this is a message to Apple…
Give us a microBook, with a 10/11″ 720p screen, an HDMI out, a DVB-T/H tuner, a low frequency (1,4G?) dualcore (not Atom), 2G of Ram, and 128G of flash.. well.. in fact, a turbocharged Dell Mini 10 ;-)

By: GarethTech

GarethTech — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:54:49 +0000

This sounds like a great idea, only problem is I don’t own a computer which I don’t mind breaking.

garethtech.com

By: Rob Clifton

Rob Clifton — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:25:21 +0000

Why the hell would you break that laptop?

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:49:46 +0000

apple might make a netbook in the near future, but you wont find one for $200, and probably not $300 or even $400. So this little Dell really fits if you are cheap. I have been tempted to buy one just to play around with at that price.

By: lazylizard

lazylizard — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:47:09 +0000

why ‘at least its not piracy’? piracy = break law. break eula = break law. whats more heinous? simply disagreeing? or saying you agree, then breaking that agreement?

By: dustin

dustin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:59:10 +0000

@jeffers

thanks

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:54:48 +0000

Just you wait. Apple will release a netbook in the near future it’s inevitable. Netbooks have become very popular and apple are always on the heels of anything popular.

I personally would love to see a netbook as thin as a macbook air, just as small as a regular netbook and with great battery life. I’d buy one in a second!