If you’ve been following the story, I’ve been trying to install OS X on the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook with varying degrees of success. I figured I’d take a break from that and just give a quick overview of my impressions of the machine thus far as compared to my Acer Aspire One netbook and my former MacBook Air (and maybe even my former iBook, since that’s what I’ve been trying to replace all along).
Update: here’s how I installed it: How-to: install OS X on Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook
Update: here’s the pseudo-live blogging as I tried to get things to work (with varying degrees of success).
7:59 PM: OS X (iDeneb 1.3) installed. I installed a bunch of kexts and have some additional drivers and things to install. So far, so good. I went about a different installation method and it proved far more successful than the previous one. I’m making no claims to have the first Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook with OS X on it, but I’m yet to see pictures elsewhere. Video (crappy and jittery, assuming Cycorder lets met export it) later (I really need new cameras — the iPhone sucks as one). Pictures are at the bottom of the post since I’ll be updating here as things progress.
8:38 PM: Resolution is now the appropriate 1024*600; sound works; working on wireless now. Fingers crossed since I haven’t checked to see if Asus switched wireless cards or not. I like to live dangerously.
It seems like only yesterday that we talked about the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook being available for pre-order, and it seems like Asus has wasted little time in getting review units out to the better known sites of the world, which this one is obviously not part of. (more…)
Asus is more or less the company responsible for the whole netbook thing taking off, what with the Asus Eee Pc (and its seventy-three varieties), so what would another week (give or take) be without a new Asus Eee PC netbook to talk about? Well, it’d be a shame, that’s what. Anyhow, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook is now available for pre-order. Sure, I don’t usually go into this sort of thing (though you can expect it when the Samsung NC20 netbook becomes available for pre-order in the States), but I figured it was worthwhile for a few reasons.
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I’ve had a bit of a rough week with a variety of things going on, and the next will be the same, but here’s a worthwhile post for those who haven’t kept up on what Asus has been doing in the last week. If you’re familiar with the Asus Eee Box B202 nettop, then you’re pretty much going to be familiar with the Asus Eee Box B204 nettop and Asus Eee Box B206 nettop, only it’s even better than ever. No, seriously! (more…)
I’ve been watching the news, but there’s really not a whole lot that has been exciting in the last few days, outside of the rampant Apple speculation. Sure, the MSI Wind U120 netbook has been revealed, but I’m not really into “business” computers (or netbooks, for that matter), so I really can’t bring myself to write about it. It’s not that it’s bad, but it’d just come off as total desperation for a post. With that in mind, here’s something that I initially passed on but have decided to bring up: Asus is continuing their onslaught of Eee PCs with a small assortment of announcements. (more…)
Asus has announced the addition of yet another netbook to their ever expanding fleet, only this one isn’t an Eee. Instead, it’s the Asus N10 netbook, but since my French is rusty (read: non-existent), I haven’t the slightest clue what the reason behind the name is. (more…)