[anguish]

Okay, got my 10v, and here's what I've stumbled across so far to this point:

- OS X installs just fine.
- Text for the wizards (and consequently the buttons) get chopped off a little, but are still very usable.
- The initial conifguration wizard the first time you boot into OS X does not work. It doesn't like the screen resolution.
- I tried using DellEFI 1.2a5, had limited success (as in, it installs, but hangs on boot...just my experience though)
- I tried DellEFI 1.1, and it works well.
- Bluetooth was recognized right away.
- Wifi isn't completely detected right away. Believe this is due to OS X not running the initial configuration wizard. The way I have fixed has been to remove the Ethernet that appears to be Wifi, then readd it as Airport. I'd done this at least twice now without issue.
- The wifi card I am using is the 1510 (802.11g/n).
- Running 10.5.7. I did incremental (software update) vs combo update, followed the methodology from the 10.5.7 thread, no issues there either.
- Sound doesn't work out of box. See below for fix. Note that there are two issues: mic doesn't work and after sleep audio crackles.

Originally Posted by malcolmct

USB BIOS Legacy Support needs to be disabled (just as it does for the Mini 9) for sleep to work correctly when the lid is closed.

Update: This fix ( Workaround for no-restart-after-sleep? [Resolved] ) for reboot after sleep also applies with the Mini 10. As I have no Bluetooth, I enabled USB BIOS Legacy Support and disabled Bluetooth in the BIOS and reboot after sleep now works correctly.

1) Go download Kext Helper b7 from http://cheetha.net.. You'll need it to make life easier.
2) Goto this link: http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/mac-...ing-audio.html
3) Launch Kext Helper b7, and then drag and drop the kext you just nabbed the Kext Helper b7 app. Easy Install, reboot, and you should be good.

I don't take any credit for the above fix, other than by doing some searching via Google, and for the most recent stuff, the rocking work of lnxneo (sorry if I misspelled the name).

A couple of useful links, also useful for the Mini 9.

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/mac-...tooth+terminal <--- First post is what you want.
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/mac-...installer.html <--- Touchpad drivers installer/uninstaller

I personally do not use the touchpad drivers, but I do use the Bluetooth hack to turn it on/off. There have been reports of issues as well with some of the touchpad drivers and extreme jumpiness.

If I've missed anything, please let me know!

[hedwig]

Bravo! Waiting for feedback to pour in, so I can bite the bullet on the 10v! Thanks for the update bro.

[anguish]

I'll definitely have more once I finish getting Windows 7 on. Working on that now. Then I'll be back into OS X bigtime.

[hedwig]

why bother with Windows 7 Its bound to work right? lol.. cant wait to get confirmation that OSX works great on the 10v.

p.s: Dell has a promo on the mini 10v today. You can get it for like $230.

[halu2047]

Thanks Anguish for the super quick hands-on report!
Hope that 10v is fully compatible with OSX (as is Mini 9).

By the way, how's the 120GB harddrive compared with 32GB SSD on your 9?

[lugesm]

Originally Posted by hedwig

p.s: Dell has a promo on the mini 10v today. You can get it for like $230.

Do you have a link to that promo ? I can't find it.

[anguish]

Honestly, it's a little slower, or at least seems that way. Still not ridiculously slow though.

[lugesm]

Did you use the DellEFIBootMaker 0.3.2 process for installation of OSX ?

[anguish]

Yep. I do my installs via USB key, so I think that was the one I used.

[halu2047]

Originally Posted by anguish

Honestly, it's a little slower, or at least seems that way. Still not ridiculously slow though.

Thanks for the info. A 120GB HDD seems to be more than enough for OSX and W7 plus some day-to-day apps (given that my 32GB runcore is already large enough to hold all the essential stuffs).

The next questions would be the heat and noise issues. I am sure when you play with it for a bit longer you'd give us an update! XDD