Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 J273 ....stick OSX on, just to check everything works fine!! Then if it does, I'll get one :D
Guest J273 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 Think ill stick with xp for now... Ive only just fired it up even though ive had it all day.......So far its very nice...great buid quality (not as good as the mininote) ...Nice 10'' screen. I need to have a longer play with it first though. I may put osx on later as the pre loaded xp is loaded with a few extras like norton .etc ...So before i do a fresh install of xp i may try OSX first.
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 Sounds like a sensible rationale to me. Are you confident that OSX will work fine on it, with all devices supported?
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 I don't have an external DVD drive sadly, makes loading OSX on tricky!
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 I got one from Tesco or PC world, cheapie jobbie. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/918572 Not that one, it's got a laptop drive in it instead.
Guest J273 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 No idea if it will work i think so though....after reading a few sites + theres a few vids on youtube with it running leopard. Ive got a dvd drive here now so i think i will attempt it. maybe :D
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 Haha! :( I have my order at PCWorld that hasn't shipped yet, but I now have a reserve at store on one in Norwich too. Now do I go and pick it up and sell the other one? :D P
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 Aargh no stock of them in any of my local stores! Anywhere else selling them? I'm getting Dejavu of the EEE here!
Guest J273 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 morgan are selling the Wind but its £380 odd
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 I might be ordering one from MoDaCoWorld.com then :D Very tempted to get one to dual boot between XP and Leopard.
Guest J273 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 Apparently dixons have the advent in stock to
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 2, 2008 Report Posted July 2, 2008 No need to head into the city, my online order is being delivered tomorrow :D P
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 So how are you getting on with it J273? P
Guest J273 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Yeah loving it so far.....Not really had chance to have a proper play yet ...but i plan on reformatting today and fully setting it up. Everything works fine what ive thrown at it so far though How you liking yours? Edited July 3, 2008 by J273
Guest J273 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQt205r8tsg http://wind-osx86.wikispaces.com/ Edited July 3, 2008 by J273
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Mine should be here this afternoon, on second DHL drop :D Got my 1GB RAM upgrade, 160GB HDD and OSX install disk ready to go :( P
Guest J273 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Yup....Im holding off installing leopard ...until its fully working. Runs pretty well though from the youtube vid ^^^^
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 Runs damn well on that little machine. Once wifi issues are sorted, I think I shall invest. Seems my eee might be getting resigned though ... dont use it much anyway ... other than in the car.
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 For me the Eee screen was just TOO small. Getting old you know :D P
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted July 3, 2008 Report Posted July 3, 2008 My problems exactly ... short sighted and fat fingers ... not really the best idea to use the EEE. Great toy device, but not something to use daily. The WIND appeals because of the better screen, decent keyboard and the fact it has a hard drive too. Means I can use it when out and about for uploading photo's etc. Out of interest did they XP ones come with the 3 cell or 6 cell batteries?
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