Yet another netbook can now run OS X. This one happens to be the Samsung n310, making it our first published non-Dell netbook to accomplish the feat. The key lies in a custom (and downloadable) .ISO for intalling said operating system onto a netbook. Full instructions for the task, and an audio driver for the n310 in OS X, are available on the [ComputerSolutions] website.
Oddly enough, the platform swap probably ‘freed up’ some space.
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Let it Snow (Leopard)
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Hardware HD decoder in a netbook
[banzai] wasn’t happy with the performance he was getting out of his Samsung netbook. He decided it was time to do something about it. He noticed that Dell and HP both sell an optional HD decoder card for their netbooks. After a short search, he found one on ebay for only $24. He had to give up his internal wireless, but he doesn’t mind using a USB wireless dongle. Sure this isn’t horribly complicated, but he has information here that might help smooth out the process.
[via OlivierDole]
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Unhackable Netbooks given to students
Where would be the best place to test out an unhackable netbook? The NSW department of education in Australia thinks that college is perfect . They plan on distributing netbooks, preloaded with Windows 7,and iTunes. They also have bios level tracking and security, allowing them to be remotely shut down on command. With 20,000 of these in circulation, we would think that we’ll see someone proving the “unhackable” statement wrong. We can only hope.
[via slashdot]
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With Zipit, who needs a netbook?
[Hunter Davis] keeps rolling out the hacks for the Zipit. In the past he showed us how to run DOSbox, and then how to get NES emulation working on this tiny device. Now he’s got Linux kernel 2.6.29 running Fluxbox with mouse (newly added), audio, and WiFi functionality. Follow his step-by-step flashing instructions to load the kernel into the Zipit. Once flashed, a partitioned microSD card servers as the filesystem and swap.
Who needs a 10.1 inch screen or an Atom processor when you can get this 2.8″ QVGA beauty with an XScale processor for around $40?
[Thanks Matt]…
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Eee PC NAS
Hack a Day reader [The_Glu] shared with us a project of his. He used an Eee PC 701 he had lying around with a broken LCD, along with three 1TB SATA drives to create a custom NAS server for his house. The server features a number of other interesting components, including USB2SATA converters to connect the hard drives, as well as a 2 line LCD to display RAID information and server status. The entire project is wrapped up in a custom made Plexiglas enclosure with case fans to keep the whole thing cool. While this may not be the first…
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Jolicloud OS seeks to move past browsers
Jolicloud is a new Linux based operating system aimed at netbooks. The developers were nice enough to let us get our hands on their closed development version of the new OS. This distribution is built off of Ubuntu Netbook Remix(9.04 Jaunty Jackalope). At first glance it looks like nothing more than Ubuntu with a new skin, but the difference is deeper. Jolicloud added an App Store type program that offers installation of web applications along with traditional desktop apps. Using Mozilla Prism, web based applications like Facebook, Gmail, and Wikipedia are installed, get their own icon in the launcher,…
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Nokia Booklet 3G specs
Nokia is my favourite handphones brand. Now, Nokia introduces Booklet 3G ‘mini laptop’. This is first Nokia’s netbook. I think is nice to see a nokia netbook.
Nokia Booklet 3G specifications:
Nokia Booklet 3G comes with premium design with a chassis made from a single piece of machined aluminum (Three different colors at launch: black, ice (white) and azure (blue)). Nokia Booklet 3G uses Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz with Intel Poulsbo US15W, fanless design. The size of this netbook has a thickness (19.9 mm thin), with only 1250 g weight. The Nokia Booklet 3G comes toting a glass 10.1-inch…
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Lightweight Webkit based browsers
With netbooks being slim and mostly utilitarian, it seems a bit contradictory to use a standard and somewhat bulky web browser with them. After all, we’re trimming down the operating system to perform faster on these little devices, so why not thin out the focal point of the netbook: the browser. Firefox, Chrome, or Safari may be well and great for a full powered desktop or laptop, so how about something a bit more trimmed? Enter the lightweight Webkit based browsers: Arora and Midori.
Arora and Midori are relative newcomers to the browser wars, but each offers a great…
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Moblin OS linux for your netbook
There are a lot of netbook operating systems out there. Moblin is one of OS linux. You can use Moblin as your primary OS on netbook. Moblin Project released the Moblin v2.0 beta for netbooks and nettops for developer testing. Moblin is an open source operating system focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized and built specifically for mobile devices such as MID and Netbook.
Moblin is a new version of Linux designed specifically for Atom based Intel processors. Operating system home page includes a calender and your favorite apps and on top you have drop down menus which take…
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ZYREX SKY Series
After introducing 2 inovative netbook last May 2009, which are Bee 103G (netbook with built-in 3.5G/HSDPA modem) and Wakatobi Mini 963 (the first netbook in Indonesia with tablet/convertible ability), Zyrex launch their newest product: Zyrex SKY Series.
Zyrex launch 4 series of product, which all of them share the name SKY, an art with characteristic thin, light, durable, high quality, and interesting design. SKY Series consist of 1 netbook, 2 notebook and 1 nettop:
- SKY 1812 netbook with Intel® Atom® N280
- SKY 2712 notebook with Intel® Pentium® CULV SU2700
- SKY 3420 notebook with Intel® Pentium® CULV…
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Notebook brands in Indonesia
The notebook is becoming more popular due to its portability. According to the newest report from global market intelligence firm IDC, the sales of desktop computers have fallen further worldwide. On the other hand, sales of notebook computers have been a strong driver in the PC market in the second quarter of this year that, all in all, the total sales of PCs have risen by 12.5 percent worldwide. In the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), the growth of portable computers reached around 50 percent, according to IDC’s PC Tracker released on July 18. With notebooks becoming more popular and affordable,…
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DIY AVR USB RGB LED notifier
Giving us a chance to break out the TLAs, [Blair] sent in his latest hack where he embedded an RGB LED into his EeePC to display twitter, pidgin, and email notifications. It is based around the ATtiny45, and requires very few additional parts. He based the project on a foundation of work laid by [Dennis Unter] on notifications and the work of [Dave Hillier] that used V-USB, a library for implementing USB on AVRs. The entire circuit was done freehand and crammed inside the netbook. He says that it is a lot easier to see notifications, even when the…
