The MSI Wind and Mac OS X
I installed Mac OS X on my MSI Wind today and its running perfectly! The installation went very smooth and everything is working fine including the wifi, webcam, bluetooth, ethernet port and sound. I really didn’t think OS X would run so well on the Wind, I love it! I am actually so happy with the Wind now I am going to be selling my Asus Eee 900. I tried installing OS X on it today also but it was running really slow so I just went ahead and installed the dreadful Windows XP. Its running much better but I prefer OS X over XP any day so thats why I am going to be sell it. I will be losing money on it since the price of it has dropped since I got it but since I got the MSI Wind for free I don’t mind. The thing is I really don’t have the need for two ultra portables in my life and the fact that the Wind is running OS X means I will always choose it over my Asus.
If anyone is interested in installing OS X on the Wind all you need to get it working right is a Dell wifi card. I purchased the Dell 1490 from eBay for $15 with shipping.
Update: My Asus Eee 900 is now listed for sale in the forum [Link]
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20 Comments, add your own...
1. Frankom | September 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Again, Linux all the time :) i have XP, Ubuntu & Fedora all in one with Asus 1000h :)
2. Mark | September 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Linux and XP are the same to me :)
3. Bu Yousef | September 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Result!
Well done. Good review. I’m still loving my MSI…. Even with xp.
4. moayad | September 20th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
how fast is it compared to a macbook?
5. moose | September 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
ASUS IS FTW
6. HeartBeat | September 21st, 2008 at 12:14 am
Usually we dont see that much of concentration on one subject in your blog as we see now with the MSI .. I wonder why ? ;)
Just kidding .. dont ban me .. I am just in love with the Eeee and I have plenty of issues to debate .. but I dont feel like it today.
7. Mark | September 21st, 2008 at 12:16 am
lol sorry but its a slow day and I didn’t do anything except for all this OS X installation on the Asus and Wind.
8. Mark | September 21st, 2008 at 12:17 am
BTW my OSX problem on the Eee is because its the 900 not the 901. The 901 I believe doesn’t have a problem running OSX. I am a big fan of the Eee but I had to choose between it and the Wind and OSX made the choice easier.
9. Frankom | September 21st, 2008 at 12:40 am
Mark, OSX based on unix , Linux is unix and now you are saying that XP & Linux are the same !!!!!!!
Hummm !!!!!
10. lfc-q8 | September 21st, 2008 at 2:01 am
when u said ur getting a card from amazon i though ur getting a usb wifi dongle. i didnt think that u would cut open ur wind and do it this way…. nice
11. blasha | September 21st, 2008 at 2:40 am
*cries*
12. hohoo | September 21st, 2008 at 4:13 am
default windows xp (i mean just install OS and use) sucks for sure compared to OS X, but all know that windows after some tweaking and installing some programs, OS X is a joke.
thats prove how microsoft should working on windows experience out of the box.
13. Conan | September 21st, 2008 at 4:34 am
Mac is great. It is the most successful *nix OS based on open source software.
But I think Linux is the best. I used Fedora, Ubuntu and then Mandriva. I am now stick with Mandriva on my Toshiba Satellite. I am waiting for the KDE 4.1 in Mandriva. KDE 4.1 look like a mix of MAC and Vista.
14. Frankom | September 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Yeah KDE much much better than GNOME
15. Musa'ad Haider | September 21st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Good going Mark! I wonder if I should try installing OS X on my laptops.
Did you use the insanelymax/osx86 tutorials?
16. Mark | September 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
nope, just downloaded the MSIWindosx86.iso
17. ka3kee | September 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
[rambling]
You do realize that installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware is illegal, don’t you? Of course, no one gives a damn about the local laws here, so why respect the international ones now?
[/rambling]
Tempting setup though.
18. Jon | October 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Where do i get the iso file?
19. Asim | October 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Hi Mark,
I’d like to know how did you get the Dell broadcom wifi card from ebay, if you can guide me I want to purchase it too. I did check with ZAK Solutions here and i guess half of their technical staff does not know what I’m talkin’ about !
20. Austin | November 9th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Hey Mark,
You say that sound is working ok. Does that mean that Skype works with headphones and internal mic? How about the slash key, are issues with that resolved?
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