Star Load Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on the eeePC
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Nov 2007 15:28 UTC, submitted by JCooper
Mac OS X "Ever since I got the eeePC I've loved how easy it is to tinker with. Since I'm not a Linux guy, I dumped the Xandros preload and opted for Windows XP so I could use my EVDO USB datacard and blogging software easier, but I wondered could I install OSX on it? And, after trial and error - you can! The only problem is that the eeePC only supports SSE2 instead of the SSE3 that Leopard is coded for. Kind of a bummer, and will require some extra tinkering to coax the OS on the eeePC."
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RE[2]: Rather pointless
by Xaero_Vincent on Sun 18th Nov 2007 22:14 UTC in reply to "RE: Rather pointless"
Xaero_Vincent
Member since:
2006-08-18

I think I got pretty close.

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1807/linuxosxfk2.png

Not perfect but decent.

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RE[3]: Rather pointless
by aesiamun on Mon 19th Nov 2007 02:59 in reply to "RE[2]: Rather pointless"
aesiamun Member since:
2005-06-29

Yeah it looks like OSX...that's about it probably.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

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RE[3]: Rather pointless
by SlackerJack on Mon 19th Nov 2007 09:36 in reply to "RE[2]: Rather pointless"
SlackerJack Member since:
2005-11-12

Yes you did but it does look rather ugly compared to the real thing, nice try.

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RE[3]: Rather pointless
by heron on Mon 19th Nov 2007 19:41 in reply to "RE[2]: Rather pointless"
heron Member since:
2005-08-07

Wow, it's interesting to see the good looks of Mac OS X imitated with absolutely none of the elegance that lives behind it.

I find it very interesting that people place such a high value on looks, and such a low value on how it's actually done behind the scenes.

GJC

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RE[4]: Rather pointless
by bornagainenguin on Wed 21st Nov 2007 05:02 in reply to "RE[3]: Rather pointless"
bornagainenguin Member since:
2005-08-07

That's one of the reasons why I no longer bother with Stardock software anymore, or change my MS-Style beyond Royalle these days. I want something that is able to change the system from top to bottom. I used to be able to manage this with shell replacements and a variety of utilities, but under Win2000 and XP the returns from doing so have been vanishingly smaller and smaller each time.

The future seems to be more with alternative OSes, not in emulating the look of another OS while suffering without the all important feel of that OS...

--bornagainpenguin

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