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? > _______________________________________________ > DuoList mailing list > DuoList at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist