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Gadget Lab Video: Running OS X on a Netbook
Apple isn't ready to offer an inexpensive, low-powered netbook yet -- so why not make one yourself? In this week's video podcast, I go over the process of installing an illegal, hacked version of Mac OS X Leopard on an MSI Wind netbook. I start out by telling you where to download the ...
Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
appleinsider.com — A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable... amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of ... (more) Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
Netbook with Mac OS X
wired.com — Gadget Lab 19: There's something special about Brian Chen's MSI Wind netbook: It's running the Mac operating... system (OS X Leopard). In this video, he shows how he did it. (more) Netbook with Mac OS X
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.6
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.6
macdailynews.com — Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.6 which is recommended for all users running Mac OS X... Leopard... (more) Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.6
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Putting Mac OSX on a Netbook
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Wired's Gadget Lab has a tutorial on putting MacOSX on an MSI Wind Netbook.  We're in luv with Leopard running on our 1GB RAM/8GB Flash HP Mini 1000($359).  We're hoping to have an Apple product at Macworld, but until then, this will have to do. ...

VIDEO: Wired shows you how to make a Hackintosh “Netbook”
Apple Gazette — ... If you want a netbook running OSX - you don’t have to wait until some distant point in the future when Apple releases something that completely re-invents the netbook - you can do it now, thanks to this video from Wired. ...

DIY Mac OS X netbook
The Apple Core — ... “we don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk; our DNA will not let us do that.” And let’s not forget that Apple already has a pseudo-netbook in the MacBook Air, and that it doesn’t release new notebook hardware – especially in an entirely new category – but once every decade or so. If you can’t wait for Apple to make up its mind you can create your own Mac OS X netbook today courtesy of a DIY tutorial posted by Wired’s Gadget Lab. In it Brian Chen provides explicit instructions on where to download the hacked OS and the OSX86 tools necessary to do ...

The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Made Wired Take Down [Apple]
Gizmodo — Gadget Lab writer and Giz friend Brian X. Chen said earlier today via Twitter that Apple "is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X." Updated. ...

The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Is Suing Wired For [Breaking]
Gizmodo — Gadget Lab writer and Giz friend Brian X. Chen reveals via Twitter that Apple "is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X." Brian actually loaned his personal MSI Wind Hackintosh for the Giz Gallery. It seems more likely that Apple is actually sending Wired a cease-and-desist rather than asking for money—telling them to pull the tutorial, which explicitly lays out step by step how to put OS X on a netbook, including trips to The Pirate Bay to get the software, diving into the notebook's guts and other ...

Apple suing Wired for Hackintosh video
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — It looks like Apple is pretty serious about keeping Hackintoshes of fof the street (ever heard of Psystar?).  According to Twitter post, Wired reporter Brian X. Chen is revealing that Wired is getting sued by Cupertino for releasing a video on how to make a Hackintosh.  That is a pretty bold move on Apple's part considering there are literally hundreds of sets of instructions out there on how to do this.  The original Post is now currently down but Gizmodo currently is hosting a copy of it.  What do you think? ...

Apple Sends Wired a Cease-and-Desist Letter for Netbook Video
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... that a past video tutorial on how to install Mac OS X onto a netbook, has gotten Wired into legal trouble as they are now being sued by Apple. ...

Apple confronts Wired over Mac OS X netbook hacking tutorial
AppleInsider — ... Published: 03:00 PM EST A December video tutorial teaching viewers how to modify a netbook to run Mac OS X has landed tech magazine Wired in hot water with Apple's legal department. Wired's Brian X. Chen  posted  a video podcast to the  ...

Hackintosh videos: Wired or tired?
MacUser — ... . And Wired's Brian Chen, a former Macworld editor, has detailed his successes in running Mac OS X on a Netbook . Last week at Macworld Expo, at least one person in the Speaker's Lounge was doing all his work on a hacked ...

Hackintosh videos: Wired or tired?
Macworld — ... . And Wired's Brian Chen, a former Macworld editor, has detailed his successes in running Mac OS X on a Netbook . Last week at Macworld Expo, at least one person in the Speaker's Lounge was doing all his work on a hacked ...

Hackintosh video: Tired or wired?
MacUser — ... . And Wired's Brian Chen, a former Macworld editor, has detailed his successes in running Mac OS X on a Netbook . Last week at Macworld Expo, at least one person in the Speaker's Lounge was doing all his work on a hacked ...

Apple Spanks Wired Over Hackintosh Video
The Mac Observer — Apple Spanks Wired Over Hackintosh Video by on January 14th, 2009 at 3:41 PM [image] Wired received an unexpected wake up call on Wednesday when Apple contacted the publication with a request that it pull an article showing how to install Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. The article by Brian X. Chen included a video explaining in step-by-step detail how to turn a generic netbook PC into a Mac OS X machine -- or Hackintosh -- with a USB flash drive and a utility called OSX86 Tools. Apple, however, was not amused and contacted Wired's parent company, Conde Nast, with a request ...

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