On the heels of the MSI Wind running OS X comes the Eee PC. Not to be outdone, the Asus netbook now also offers Mac OS X Leopard as one of the operating systems it can run.
MacEee.com, a site dedicated to hacking the eee pc to run OS X, an Asus Eee PC 1000H is recommended, as lower versions are simply too slow to be usable with OS X.
As with the MSI Wind, a hackintosh Eee PC 1000H has its own limitations. With the Wind, external audio ports do not work, while an replacement WIFI card is required to enable wireless networking. In contrast, the Asus netbook's webcam and ethernet ports do not work, but work is underway to develop drivers for these devices.
After lowering the cash outlay for Apple iPhone 3Gs last week, Globe has silently updated their website again! This time, get a discounted iPhone for a lower post-paid plan.
A sharp-eyed reader informed me that Globe is now offering a GText 500 plan for the iPhone 3G with a discounted P29,000 price for the 8GB and P34,300 for the 16GB. Substantial discounts of P8,499 and P9,499 respectively.
Psystar, the infamous Macintosh cloner, has began offering free restore discs with its hacked Leopard Mac clones. Restore discs are emergency CDs or DVDs that are used to recover from an operating system problem, particularly hard crashes and if the computer fails to boot properly. Macs historically included recovery discs with every computer sold.
It is not recommended to do a software update on a hackintosh. Because a software update changes parts of the operating system, an update may accidentally overwrite parts of the hack, making the computer inoperable. While fixing requires re-installing the whole OS from scratch after applying another hack. A restore disc will greatly simplify this drawback.
Psystar is also in preparation to go to court, being sued by Apple for license infringement for the OpenPC and has hired a top lawyer that has beaten Apple in a previous case.
