Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Steve, Yes, I know the new Macbooks are great, but what I wanted is something small and light enough to carry in my Domke 803 at all times. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Dec 13, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Dec 12, 2009, at 9:57 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Yes, that is well-known. There is a Dell model that is supposed to be >> particularly well-suited for this hack. But it IS a hack, and fiddly. I >> would love to have a netbook with OSX on it and will buy one when and if >> Apple makes one (and no, the Macbook Air ain't it). In the meantime, >> Windows 7 is at least far more tolerable than Vista. > > Nathan, I just got the MacBook Pro 13" screen with the more powerful > processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, it's not the MacBook Air, or a > Netbook, but boy is it powerful, small, and it can drive one of Apple's > large cinema screens if you desire... > > a different beast yes, but very small and more powerful than my large > iMac. If Apple made a netbook I'd look at it, likely be tempted, but for > small and powerful I love this MBP, and it's very portable ... > > > Steve >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >>> A computer geek friend of mine runs Mac OS 10.4 on an Asus netbook. He >>> tells >>> me the details for doing it can be found on google by looking up "OS X >>> on a >>> netbook" or "Mac on a netbook." It is strictly a non-Apple authorized >>> procedure so if your netbook self destructs or explodes in a hail of >>> transistors, you can't blame Apple. But so far nothing like that has >>> happened. >>> I've never tried it since I don't own a netbook and see little need to >>> buy >>> one as long as my 12" G4 Powerbook functions. >>> Larry Z >>> >>> The one I got is an Acer Aspire One, with a 1.6 Ghz Atom processor, 2GB >>> >>> RAM, 250 GB hard disc and Windows 7. >>> >>> >>> I have not done a lot with it yet, except to install Open Office, >>> >>> Lightroom, Firefox, Bullguard (my preferred antivirus software for >>> Windows), >>> >>> iTunes etc. Seems reasonably fast for what I would use it for. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >