My new toy!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 08:22PM A few weeks ago I came across this article detailing how to turn a regular netbook into a functioning Apple version of itself. I've always been interested in getting those little suckers but I wasn't too taken in the choice of operating systems they run on. Because I haven't used a Windows machine in forever, nor was I too interested in getting acquainted with Ubuntu (even though I love it's open source stance), it seemed like a type of machine I would have to pass on. Well, now that there's a reliable way to get OS X, my operating system of choice, on a cheap mini-machine, I jumped at the chance!
The whole process took a few hours, and it would have been faster but my Windows skills are a bit rusty, but all in all it went surprisingly well. Now that I've had a good few hours to set things up how I like, install some programs, change some settings, I can say it's probably going to be a bit more functional than just that toy computer I pegged it to be. The small size lets me take it anywhere and they keyboard and screen are a good enough size that I don't have to crane my neck too much.
If there's one thing that I can take a dump on it's the trackpad. Even after I installed a custom driver to make it play nice with OS X trackpad gestures and features, it still sucks. A lot. I'll go ahead and say it's the worst one I've ever had to use.
And those screams for help in the video are coming from the Xbox I left on downstairs. I swear!
OS X on a Dell Mini 10v from Jason Jajalla on Vimeo.
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