Samsung N120 Netbook On the Way (OS X Install Imminent!)
Samsung N120 netbook - can't you see it's just dying to have OS X installed on it?
Update: Guide to install OS X on Samsung N120 netbook
Okay, so I’m a sucker for a big keyboard on a small computer, and within about 20 minutes of realizing that within the grossly obese pantheon of netbooks that the Samsung N120 netbook was actually available (and had been for about a week — oops). I know I haven’t mentioned this one here, but in case you’re wondering what makes this one special, well, two things: 10.5 hour (yeah, right, we’ll see about that) battery, and more importantly, full size keyboard. Read that again: full size keyboard.
Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review
I take a different approach to doing reviews and prefer to look at real-world use, so let’s look at the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook with that idea in mind. Aside from actual user impressions, I’m going to include what it’s like to use this netbook with Windows 7, OS X, and possibly linux (but I don’t promise). I’m not going to bother with running all of the benchmarks and getting the numbers, however, so if that’s what you’re looking for, please read any of the other excellent reviews that are out there. (Here’s a spoiler: it performs as well as 95% the netbooks out there.) However, if you’re looking to find out what it’s like to actually use and work on, keep reading.
How-to: Install OS X on Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook
Update: alternate audio driver
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).
Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook – Impressions
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).
Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook and OS X – Updated!
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.
nVidia CEO on Netbooks: Ion, Atom, Nano
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…)
Intel Pineview Atom – PineTrail-D Platform
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…)