For those of you wanting to update to 10.6.4 with NBI, please note that there is a slight issues wiht NBI and large /System/Library/Extensions folders, the 10.6.4 undate increates this folder above the threshold, and so NBI is unable to regenerate the Extensions.mkext correctly. If you do update, please boot with recovery=y and run the fixed [...]
Clamcase is selling a nice looking but questionable case for the iPad.
The idea is to put the iPad in a hinged case that contain a bluetooth keyboard to use for typing instead of the on-screen keyboard. This essentially turn the iPad in some sort of disfunctional netbook (try to use a netbook without a mouse/trackpad).
Sure it [...]
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It’s been a busy 2 months at work and kind of neglected the DellEFI community in the process. But this hopefully is about to change. I am getting some breathing room and will start working on it again as I find the time.
One thing that draw my interest was [...]
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As some of you with sharp eyes noted over the weekend, today marks the official retirement of the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, our first entry into the netbook market. It was a successful product by any number of measures, including the unofficial “modders dream” device with owners adding GPS modules, installing different OS, upgrading [...]
Sometimes there is no better way to get something right than to fix it yourself. Back in late december I installed OS X on that Dell Mini 9 Netbook I purchased.
Back then there where some things that where not quite right, namelly:
- Random UI Artifacts
- Sound would not work after resuming from sleep
- Updating Mini [...]
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As I wrote in a previous post I bought a very nice and cheap Dell Mini 9 netbook with the intention of converting it to an Apple Netbook.
The website http://mydellmini.com provided all the instructions required to install a functional OS X 10.5.6 based netbook… but not everything was perfect.
I started following and contributing in [...]
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I am writing this post from my mother in law house using my new Mac Netbook from Dell. Yes, you are reading this right, I am using a Dell Mini 9 Netbook running OS X 10.5.6 coupled with my Apple iPhone running Nullriver Netshare app as my portable 3G internet access.
The whole thing [...]