The Netbook Thread

dom · Post by **dom** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:00 pm 0

Some interesting modifications in terms of installing a GPS receiver, more internal storage, bluetooth, an FM transmitter, 802.11/N transiever (using the aerial from a broken Wii) and more:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/22 ... ee_pc_mod/

The article itself is loading a bit slowly, probably because the link has only just appeared on el Reg:

http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.ph ... l_Upgrades

Dom

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:43 pm 0

dom wrote:
The article itself is loading a bit slowly, probably because the link has only just appeared on el Reg:

It was on hack-a-day yesterday, couldn't get on the page at all then!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:18 pm 0

dom wrote:I installed UAE under xubuntu (with "apt-get install uae") and loaded lemmings with very few problems (the sound only seems to work in 8-bit "accurate" mode, and I had to change the game port to have the mouse on port 0, but it runs Lemmings no problem.

It slows down a little with the sound enabled, but it's about twice normal speed with the sound off

Dom

Need sound on the app I'll be loading into UAE, but it's a very small prog, not needing much power, so should be okay.

Might wait for the new spec models to come out though.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:19 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:
dom wrote:
The article itself is loading a bit slowly, probably because the link has only just appeared on el Reg:
It was on hack-a-day yesterday, couldn't get on the page at all then!

That is impressive!

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:43 pm 0

Disappointed with the MacBook Air? Is this the sort of thing you were hoping for instead?

Well, you can turn it into a Hackintosh

Legality of doing so is questionable of course...

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:01 pm 0

Cloudane wrote:Disappointed with the MacBook Air? Is this the sort of thing you were hoping for instead?

Well, you can turn it into a Hackintosh

Legality of doing so is questionable of course...

No it isn't, it's illegal.

xav · Post by **xav** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:36 am 0

WiteWulf wrote:
Cloudane wrote:Disappointed with the MacBook Air? Is this the sort of thing you were hoping for instead?

Well, you can turn it into a Hackintosh

Legality of doing so is questionable of course...
No it isn't, it's illegal.

IANAL but I'm not convinced it's "illegal" as such. It may be against Apple's terms and conditions (i.e. the EULA), but even if a EULA is legally enforcable - which is, in itself a questionable generalisation - then breaking the terms of it would be a breach of contract. Apple could then raise a civil suit against you if they wanted to. The outcome of that action would finally determine whether the particular clause of that particular EULA is enforceable - and hence whether the creation of a Hackintoch constitutes a breach of contract on the builder's part, or an attempt to curtail the builder's rights on Apple's part.

At the moment, as far as I know, this hasn't happened. So it's not illegal, but it might be ill-advised, just in case Apple's lawyers decide you use you to try to set a precedent.

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:00 pm 0

Aye, it's not a criminal act ("illegal") as Apple don't write laws. But it's a breach of contract and if Apple decided to chase it up they could instigate a civil lawsuit and take the person to court. IANAL either, but that's how I understand it.

It's highly unlikely they'd do so though (in the event they somehow found out), unless you were selling Hackintoshes to someone else, teaching people how to do it or distributing a hacked version of the OS. You could probably even tell them, and they'd just say "well it's a breach of contract so we don't have to support it, bye". Same as with hacked iPhones. Apple can be evil, but they don't tend to go after individuals with armies of lawyers like the RIAA et al do.

The EULA is also quite weak, assuming you legally buy the retail box and patch it yourself. The clause is that you must install it on "an Apple labelled computer". Any iPod owner could theoretically just use one of the Apple stickers that came with it... if you had a good lawyer you could possibly get away with the claim that it's too vague.

Not that I'm condoning breach of contract or piracy or anything, just saying

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:06 pm 0

That all hangs on whether you're circumventing a copy-protection device, though, which would make it criminal in at least the US (DMCA) and EU (EUCD). I have no idea whether you are or aren't, though.

Cloudane · Post by **Cloudane** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:25 pm 0

There's no copy protection in OS X, but there is code preventing it from running on a non-Apple computer, which is being worked around. Not sure where that stands.

piku · Post by **piku** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:54 pm 0

Cloudane wrote:Disappointed with the MacBook Air? Is this the sort of thing you were hoping for instead?

Well, you can turn it into a Hackintosh

Legality of doing so is questionable of course...

The usefulness is also questionable...

Here's the original posting http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/11/12654/

You seem to end up with 2GB of usable space on the SSD after installing.

So combining it with all the other hardware hacks could produce quite an entertaining machine

p-saurus · Post by **p-saurus** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:29 pm 0

UPS just dropped mine off a few hours ago. The battery has been charged and I am posting from it now

This keyboard will take a bit of getting used to but it isn't that bad. My only real gripe with the thing is that I have to enter my WEP key in every time I want to connect to my wireless internet. Anyone know of a way to make the default Xandros installation recognize my key and automatically connect to my network when I start the machine?

Anyhow, this thing is awesome. I got the pearl white model and I think it looks really, really nice.

hyphz · Post by **hyphz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:35 pm 0

p-saurus wrote:UPS just dropped mine off a few hours ago. The battery has been charged and I am posting from it now This keyboard will take a bit of getting used to but it isn't that bad. My only real gripe with the thing is that I have to enter my WEP key in every time I want to connect to my wireless internet. Anyone know of a way to make the default Xandros installation recognize my key and automatically connect to my network when I start the machine?

I don't know about automatically connecting, but if you go to "network" (instead of "wireless networks"), you should see your previous wireless settings there and can just "connect" to them.

p-saurus · Post by **p-saurus** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:58 pm 0

hyphz wrote:
p-saurus wrote:UPS just dropped mine off a few hours ago. The battery has been charged and I am posting from it now This keyboard will take a bit of getting used to but it isn't that bad. My only real gripe with the thing is that I have to enter my WEP key in every time I want to connect to my wireless internet. Anyone know of a way to make the default Xandros installation recognize my key and automatically connect to my network when I start the machine?
I don't know about automatically connecting, but if you go to "network" (instead of "wireless networks"), you should see your previous wireless settings there and can just "connect" to them.

Awesome. The setting I was looking for was in there. Than you.

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:03 am 0

More Eee products on the way:

ASUS Extends Eee Branding to Desktops, AIOs, LCD TVs

42inch HD LCD TV with built in Eee PC functionality.

YakYak

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