Well the first post of the new year! Hope everyone had a great Christmas/New Year.
When I was out in Florida over Christmas, I bought myself an Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically this little thing has very similar specifications to my Mac Mini which has recently had lots of problems….problems that would be very expensive to fix.
Anyway, I decided I would have a go at getting OS X Leopard running on the Aspire One. I had read that it was possible however without wireless and in some cases sound. Plus I would have to sacrifice the use of the SD expansion port and other media ports. That’s not really something that bothers me though as I use my main computer for anything relating to cameras.
So I installed OS X using Kalyway’s great distro (also I may note that I do own a separate OS X license for this computer) and got everything working except wireless. I found that the Atheros based wireless card in the Aspire wasn’t supported by OS X. So I purchased a broadcom based dell card from eBay for £12 inc P&P. Once that arrived, I fitted it and it worked first time. At the same time I took the opportunity to replace the 512MB RAM module with a 1GB module, taking the system memory up to 1.5GB’s
Overall I’m very happy with the result. I got a great portable laptop / server running the best operating system around for just $349 USD in Walmart!
Unfortunately I cant post any snaps up at the moment as I’m in the middle of moving from Flickr to my own gallery, however will update you once I do have a bunch of images to show off!
Hi there,
I am from Jakarta Indonesia.
I have an Acer Aspire One (navy color)
I am interested in turnin it into a Mac mini-laptop, so it may be compatible with my iMac.
Please tell me what software(s) to install?
Where to download them free?
Many thanks.
GBU
Dave Bernard
TokoUnion@Gmail.com
Hi Dave,
Sorry, I wouldnt be able to point you to any ‘free’ resources. It’s officially illegal, however I’ve basically purchased a Leopard license, just for it. Obviously this means its still in violation of Apple’s AUP/Terms, however I think they will agree that ‘at least I’ve paid for it’. I do also own an iPhone, iMac and the latest MBP – Running Windows on my netbook would be a horrible thing! :/ Once Apple come out with their own netbook/tablet/etc then I’ll most likely buy that to replace the plasticy/tacky Aspire One!
Your first port of call would be to google ‘Kalaway 10.5′ – You should be good to go after that
If you get stuck on drivers, give me a shout and I’ll see if I can find them somewhere!
what Acer Aspire One netbook did you buy…….I need infomation Please….
Where did you get the Kalyway’s great distro & what was the model # of the broadcom based dell card you got from ebay. How did you replace it.
Hi Leroy,
It was The Aspire One ZG5 from Wal-Mart. Kalyway’s distros are on ThePirateBay, as well as on the hackintosh forums located at http://www.osx86project.org. The broadcom card was just a standard wireless card like this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Inspiron-1501-Broadcom-Wireless-Card-BCM94311MCG_W0QQitemZ270550067055QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_LaptopAccess_RL?hash=item3efe0a676f
To be honest, any broadcom wireless card will work, its just OS X doesnt support Atheros cards at the moment.
Good luck with your iNetbook
(p.s – while I think of it, I’ve not tried Snow Leopard yet!)