MSI Wind vs. iBook G4—Mac OS X Benchmarks
February 4, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Laptops, netbooks
So what happens when you pit two variants of the MSI Wind against a “late-2004″ iBook G4, with both running Mac OS X? Why, lots of benchmarks of course! Available at AppleDifferent: nifty bar graphs comparing the netbook’s speed to the old-generation laptop’s. The highlight? Proof that a 1.66Ghz 1GB RAM Wind starts up various apps and OS X itself significantly faster than a 1.33Ghz 768MB RAM iBook.
(Image from AppleDifferent)
MSI Wind Hacked to Run OS X
September 18, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under netbooks
Check out the video below:
Full details on this forum thread. For some reason, installing Linux on Windows machines is no longer in vogue; the new flavor of the month (year?) is Apple’s OS. Could we have another Apple myth in the making, that OS X is the best operating system out there?
MacBook Air Now Available for the Poor
July 24, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Laptops
The MacBook Air experience: take away the design, and you’re left with the portability and Mac OS X. That’s what the katexter has, thanks to his Hackintosh conversion of his MSI Wind. He (or she) claims it starts Word faster than a 2.4Ghz iMac, and more or less complete functionality:
What works: 1024×600 screen, Ethernet, USB ports, Keyboard, Trackpad, Webcam, Sleep, Bluetooth, Speakers, Audio controls
What doesn’t work: Audio Jacks, WiFi
Workarounds: USB Wifi and USB Audio dongles work.
Check out all the pics here.
