[Noisebridge-discuss] Best Netbooks?

[Shannon Clark]

Speaking of hacking something to run OS X I'm curious has anyone  
successfully gotten OS X running on a ThinkPad (ideally a tablet such  
as my X60)?

I've seen some mixed reports online of people managing it, would love  
some firsthand feedback about the process, what works and what doesn't  
and how usable is the final result?

My specific concerns:

- making sure sound works both internals speakers, internal mic, and  
headphones jack (mic jack also preferably)

- power management esp screen brightness and other adaptive features

- tablet functionality ideally including rotation detection and tablet  
specific buttons

- wifi (I understand I may need to replace my Intel wifi card)  
especially around sleep & wake from sleep

- behavior on close lid/open lid (a serious issue with Vista so lots  
of room for improvement)

Ideal case:

SD card slot works

Current OS avaiable as VM or boot option

External screens (ie presentations) work smoothly

Anyway may be my summer project.

Shannon

Sent from my iPhone

On May 12, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com> wrote:

> What is the best netbook? Most of the stats on netbooks are fairly  
> standard but I want one with as big of a keyboard as possible as I  
> have man hands and want it, partially, to take notes in my doctoral  
> program. Any suggestions?
>
> Second tier coolness would be accessibility of components, etc. I  
> plan on putting the Ubuntu netbook remix on it unless I hack  
> something to run OS X.
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