Comments on: Worlds Colliding: Considering Mini 9 Hackintosh

By: linux webcam

linux webcam — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:58:27 +0000

I suffered a similar quandry and decided to opt out of the Hackintosh fad in favour of Ubuntu. Good for you!

By: Silego

Silego — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:52:20 +0000

get a mini 10v dude. much better machine, and equally hackintoshable

By: DJZ

DJZ — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:26:49 +0000

I liked Ubuntu on my old laptop, but it is buggy as hell on the wind. I’ve never heard of anyone getting nailed by apple, there is no activation or registration. Occasionally updates will brick the install; the last snow leopard update killed atom support, but the intraweb worked around it pretty quickly. Not so many upgrade issues if you do an vanilla install from a retail copy though.

And you can install it via usb without an external drive or a mac, I think there is a how-to somewhere on the page I posted above. It runs pretty flawlessly without much fuss…

By: Gilebeque

Gilebeque — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:20:52 +0000

Mini w/ XP is garbage
Mini w/ 7 is better, but still garbage
Mini w/ Ubuntu is free garbage
Mini w/ Leopard is SWEET

By: Joseph Swanson

Joseph Swanson — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:16:59 +0000

I think there is a special level in Hell for bootleggers. Sounds fun. How bad is Apple about detecting licenses, updates, etc? I really dig Ubuntu on my Mini, so this is going to be a big deal if I make the move. Also tricky, since I don’t have a Mac or external optical drive for install purposes.

By: DJZ

DJZ — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:22:10 +0000

Five finger. I am a terrible person…

By: Joseph Swanson

Joseph Swanson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:32:47 +0000

nicely played…did you have have a legal copy, or do the ol’ torrent 5 finger discount?

By: DJZ

DJZ — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:22:53 +0000

http://www.insanelywind.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=41

Did it on my Wind, mini 9 and winds are pretty similar inside I think?