[DuoList] OT / OSX-Dell?

[Josh Keady]

Have you ever used a $300 Dell laptop?  Ick. :-)

You can force Intel OS X to run on non-Apple Intel hardware, the  
problem is drivers.  Since laptops tend to use proprietary hardware,  
OS X's more "generic" driver set is not going to do much for you on a  
cheapo Dell-top.  So you might make it run, but you won't have sound,  
you won't have LAN, you won't have native video support, etc.

If you're looking for a cheap OS X laptop, Pismos are still great!   
Not exactly slim and trim like Duos / 2400s, but still, viable  
machines.  FWIW, I picked up a 12" G4 for under 700 bucks on eBay  
earlier in the year, and it's a great little machine.

Josh

On Aug 25, 2007, at 11:46 AM, mko at nt.net wrote:

> Hello Duos! Just curious:
> Now that MacOS is running on Intel, why can't it run all that
> cheap IBM-compat hardware out there? I know it can't be
> simple, but I hear they already hacked the iPhone to accept
> other networks, so...where's my $300 Leopard laptop?
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