[Yoshie]

I'm currently bidding on a Dell Mini 10v, with Hackintosh 10.6.7 installed already.
I was wondering if there was anything I should look out for when buying?
Also, will I have to do anything (I'm new to this) when I open the box and plug the laptop in, or will it just turn on and I will be able to use all the mac features etc.
Thanks for the help..

[Casper]

Originally Posted by Yoshie

I'm currently bidding on a Dell Mini 10v, with Hackintosh 10.6.7 installed already.
I was wondering if there was anything I should look out for when buying?
Also, will I have to do anything (I'm new to this) when I open the box and plug the laptop in, or will it just turn on and I will be able to use all the mac features etc.
Thanks for the help..

If it already has OSX installed, you just push the button to turn it on. The Dell logo will show up briefly followed by the Apple logo. Providing everything works, you'll be off to the races in about a minute. Good luck!

[Yoshie]

Originally Posted by Casper

If it already has OSX installed, you just push the button to turn it on. The Dell logo will show up briefly followed by the Apple logo. Providing everything works, you'll be off to the races in about a minute. Good luck!

Great! Thanks. I see you have the same spec as I am going to get. Have you had any chance to use XCode and the iPhone SDK?
Also, how does the laptop run? Like with multiple things open etc.

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Will I need to know anything soon such as updates or things to look out for when using it?

Sorry for the questions lol

[will h]

Originally Posted by Yoshie

Great! Thanks. I see you have the same spec as I am going to get. Have you had any chance to use XCode and the iPhone SDK?
Also, how does the laptop run? Like with multiple things open etc.

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Will I need to know anything soon such as updates or things to look out for when using it?

Sorry for the questions lol

Hi. I just bought a Dell 10v recently so I could Hackintosh it using the guides provided by this rather helpful forum.

I've downloaded XCode (bought it off the App Store for £6 because I don't want to cough up the $99 for an official developer thingy [which then gives you XCode for free] until I know if I like it or not) and had a play about with creating a basic "hello world" style iOS application which runs in the bundled iOS simulator.

The laptop runs pretty well on OS X and XCode is quite usable. I'm away from base at the moment but otherwise I'd be wanting to hook it up to an external monitor and extend the desktop, as it is a little busy when I've got a lot of editors and whatnot open in XCode. It's still very acceptable, by all means.

As to the general performance, bearing in mind it's a single-core Atom with a single gig of RAM, I've been pretty happy with it. It seems to handle a bit of office work, browsing and music playing well enough - I've not yet had any "ugh, damnit!" moments!

As far as updates go, I've updated fully to 10.6.7 using the combo installer (presumably your EBay seller has done this for you already), and after that I ran the automatic Software Update function, then ran the NB ***51 version of NetbookInstaller (search the forums here to get a link, I can't find one off hand) and then let it reboot like it wanted. After that I was fine!

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

[Yoshie]

Originally Posted by will h

Hi. I just bought a Dell 10v recently so I could Hackintosh it using the guides provided by this rather helpful forum.

I've downloaded XCode (bought it off the App Store for £6 because I don't want to cough up the $99 for an official developer thingy [which then gives you XCode for free] until I know if I like it or not) and had a play about with creating a basic "hello world" style iOS application which runs in the bundled iOS simulator.

The laptop runs pretty well on OS X and XCode is quite usable. I'm away from base at the moment but otherwise I'd be wanting to hook it up to an external monitor and extend the desktop, as it is a little busy when I've got a lot of editors and whatnot open in XCode. It's still very acceptable, by all means.

As to the general performance, bearing in mind it's a single-core Atom with a single gig of RAM, I've been pretty happy with it. It seems to handle a bit of office work, browsing and music playing well enough - I've not yet had any "ugh, damnit!" moments!

As far as updates go, I've updated fully to 10.6.7 using the combo installer (presumably your EBay seller has done this for you already), and after that I ran the automatic Software Update function, then ran the NB ***51 version of NetbookInstaller (search the forums here to get a link, I can't find one off hand) and then let it reboot like it wanted. After that I was fine!

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. Do you have any experience with Coding? I'm throwing myself into the deep end!
I ended up missing out on the laptop with 10.6.7 because my internet stopped seconds before the bidding ended! What's the difference with 10.6.7, is it worth the hassle for updating?
Also, I read somewhere that other things try to update and this may cause problems, is this true? / is there a way to stop this happening?
I feel like such an amateur at all this, ha

[will h]

Originally Posted by Yoshie

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. Do you have any experience with Coding? I'm throwing myself into the deep end!
I ended up missing out on the laptop with 10.6.7 because my internet stopped seconds before the bidding ended! What's the difference with 10.6.7, is it worth the hassle for updating?
Also, I read somewhere that other things try to update and this may cause problems, is this true? / is there a way to stop this happening?
I feel like such an amateur at all this, ha

I got the 10v "refurbished-new" and installed OS X on it myself - it was a lot cheaper than most of the pre-hackintosh'd ones seem to go for and hadn't been used already. You could check out what the prices are like to do it yourself: if a plain 10v, OS X Snow Leopard disc and a USB stick costs less than a hackintosh'd one it could be worth doing it yourself (plus you'll learn for if it all goes tits up and you have to reinstall).

10.6.7 doesn't seem to offer a huge amount over, say, 10.6.3 other than the App Store, but you can check the Apple website for all the changes the combo update brings.

After updating to 10.6.7, the Software Updater may try and automatically download and install updates but it'll prompt you first, so you can cancel that yourself if you're not too confident about it. You'll probably not miss out on anything too important.

I program at work with mostly C# and I have a bit of C/C++ experience so Obj-C isn't totally mind-blowing to me, even if the syntax looks a little weird. If it's any consolation there does seem to be a lot of documentation and help out there for getting started, and XCode seems to be nice at first impression.

I say go for it: jump in at the deep end!

[Yoshie]

Originally Posted by will h

I got the 10v "refurbished-new" and installed OS X on it myself - it was a lot cheaper than most of the pre-hackintosh'd ones seem to go for and hadn't been used already. You could check out what the prices are like to do it yourself: if a plain 10v, OS X Snow Leopard disc and a USB stick costs less than a hackintosh'd one it could be worth doing it yourself (plus you'll learn for if it all goes tits up and you have to reinstall).

10.6.7 doesn't seem to offer a huge amount over, say, 10.6.3 other than the App Store, but you can check the Apple website for all the changes the combo update brings.

After updating to 10.6.7, the Software Updater may try and automatically download and install updates but it'll prompt you first, so you can cancel that yourself if you're not too confident about it. You'll probably not miss out on anything too important.

I program at work with mostly C# and I have a bit of C/C++ experience so Obj-C isn't totally mind-blowing to me, even if the syntax looks a little weird. If it's any consolation there does seem to be a lot of documentation and help out there for getting started, and XCode seems to be nice at first impression.

I say go for it: jump in at the deep end!

I'm quite scared to hack it myself! I'm not great with all the computer jargon, I think I'll skip the risk and buy a readily hacked one.
I'm also jumping in the deep end with XCode, had a few good ideas and I'm off for three months from uni so hoping to get a start learning Object C, C++ and XCode. Have you made any apps?

[will h]

Originally Posted by Yoshie

I'm quite scared to hack it myself! I'm not great with all the computer jargon, I think I'll skip the risk and buy a readily hacked one.
I'm also jumping in the deep end with XCode, had a few good ideas and I'm off for three months from uni so hoping to get a start learning Object C, C++ and XCode. Have you made any apps?

For iOS, nothing yet other than a really basic "hello world" type of thing. I'm starting something slightly more complex at the moment though. Baby steps!

I used this guide to Hackintosh it myself, it was fairly straightforward when it came down to it. Took a couple of goes to get both USB drives recognised but from then on it was pretty smooth sailing: OS X 10.6.3 Retail DVD-->USB no MAC; A GUIDE

[Yoshie]

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.

[will h]

No probs. Come back to the forum and let us know how you got on once you do get your netbook.