As I said in the OS X on Asus Eee PC 1000HE troubleshooting article, I figured I’d go ahead and throw together a more traditional how-to to help out some folks who were interested in installing OS X on their Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook. Now, it’s not exactly difficult, and this is little more than cobbling together work that others have done, so allow me to give credit where it’s due and list those sources before we get into the actual steps. Just keep in mind that some things won’t work (yet).
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.
So in a pretty interesting interview, nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang gave us a pretty damn good idea of where he, and nVidia, is headed in the the small form factor market in the near future. Of course, what might interest most is what he has to say about nVidia’s Ion platform, which is what has caused Intel to somewhat panic and come up with the Intel Atom 280 and Intel GN40. Ok, panic is probably being a bit harsh, but it’s safe to say that nVidia has the enthusiast crowd pretty fired up about the possibilities the Ion platform will bring to netbooks. (more…)
This is something else that’ll be coming down the pipe soon, but Intel is still hard at work on adding options to their line of netbook and nettop processors, the Atom. This time around, instead of talking about minor performance bumps like with the Intel Atom/Intel GN40, this is more about the little details about how Intel is changing the CPU. (more…)
Moving sucks? I’ve said that already, right? Well, still trying to get situated. Anyhow.
AMD has introduced a couple more new processors that may start showing up in netbooks/nettops soon. While the Semprons aren’t generally in the same league as the Athlons, it’s still worth taking a quick peek at these to see what they offer. (more…)
The speculation continues, and this time another site I don’t generally go to for my Apple rumors has suggested we may see an Apple tablet computer (sort of an Apple netbook, too, given the size) next month. Shockingly, it’s a damn good idea and possibility, and it somewhat goes along with what I’ve been hoping for. (more…)