[LRUG] Netbooks and Rails development

[Hamish Rickerby]

The one I just ordered is shipping with the 950. I'd say pay careful  
attention to the listed chip on the order. Hope it works!

::: hamish rickerby :::

On 4 Mar 2009, at 17:40, Chris Andrews <chris at nodnol.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Simon Starr <simon at starr.cx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was doing some netbook research recently when I came across this  
>> article
>> at Gizmodo about sticking OS X on a Dell Mini 9:
>> http://gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook
>>
>> This prompted me to order one on Monday but now they've knocked £5 
>> 0 off the
>> price in a 48 hour sale so I've ordered a cheaper one today and  
>> I'll be
>> sending the first one back! (It seems they can't cancel online  
>> orders but
>> are happy to accept returns)
>
> See I was all ready to do just this, and then I noticed that they've
> apparently changed the spec - the graphics is no longer an Intel
> GMA950, but a GMA500 which is unsupported by OSX, at least by the
> method Giz explains.
>
> http://mydellmini.com/forum/latest-mini-9-shipping-with-different-chipset--t4071.html
>
> There's lots of debate and little hard information - do let us know
> how you get on!
>
>
> Chris.
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