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| Senior Member  Posts: 130 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina  |  Just ordered mine! (and I have a question :P) -
07-09-2009, 09:06 PM
Well, I just ordered my DM9  ! I've wanted it for a while, and finally found a nice deal on it. What I ordered was a White Dell Mini 9 with 8GB SSD, 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP. I also ordered (seperately) a new 32GB Super Talent SSD, and a 2GB Stick of RAM. I hope after I upgrade this thing and flip the GMABooster switch, I'll have a nice little netbook. It's obviously not a main computer, but for $342, not bad eh? I'll install OSX on it when it comes, but, coincidentally, is it possible to dual boot XP and OSX on these babies? Can I just partition it off and format the OSX partition to HFS+? Comments/suggestions for freeware, etc. are much appreciated!  |
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| Super Moderator  Posts: 5,774 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Hampshire | 
07-09-2009, 11:13 PM
Yes, dual boot is possible. Go read the Mac OS section of the forum for more details. Mini 9|2GB RAM|64GB RunCore|Intel 5300|Windows 8 |
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| Senior Member  Posts: 283 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New England, USA |
07-09-2009, 11:24 PM
Congratulations, TchnclFl! I'm sure you'll love your Mini! Now forgive me for asking - but what is a GMABooster?  |
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| Senior Member  Posts: 299 Join Date: May 2009 |
07-10-2009, 07:00 AM
welcome, ^+1 on gma booster. never heard of it.... |
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| Expert Member Posts: 692 Join Date: Mar 2009 |
07-11-2009, 01:26 AM
I may not have the correct numbers here but the concepts are correct. GMA booster is a program that 'overclocks' the underclocked GMA graphics chip. It is capable of 400 Mhz operation but to keep temps and power usage down it is reduced speed of 225 Mhz instead. The program sets whatever magic it takes to make it run at 400 Mhz. Programs that generate stats see perhaps a 10%. Real world results depend on who is reporting. Some claim improvement some say no difference. The freeware program requires you to download a new version every week. There is an alternate for OSX that is also free and can be installed and forgotten. I use that.  Mini2: Mini9, Black, 2G, 0.3 Webcam, Bluetooth, 32G RunCore, OS X/Win 7, internal PCI-e SHDC Reader Mini3: Mini10v. Black, 2G, Webcam, 640G HD, OS X 10.5.8/Win 7/Ubuntu [Hibernate w/NBI 0.8.3 RC4] Dropbox Referral |
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| Senior Member  Posts: 131 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Nashville, TN |
07-11-2009, 01:58 AM
what the OSX version is called? |
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| Senior Member Posts: 299 Join Date: May 2009 |
07-11-2009, 02:23 AM
ahh....thanks! doin' some research on it now.... |
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| Senior Member Posts: 130 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina |
07-11-2009, 02:48 AM
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 Oh wow. I clearly didn't read the post you were responding too lmao XD! | |
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