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OS X on an Asus Eee PC

Okay let me start by saying that we at TUAW don't actually condone this hack, because it does clearly break some licensing restrictions, but dang it's pretty cool nonetheless. The interwebs have been abuzz the last couple of weeks about the Asus Eee PC. It's a tiny 2lb Linux-based sub-notebook with a 7" screen and 4GB of solid state storage. The initial reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, especially considering its relatively modest price tag ($399). Now Dan over at UNEASYsilence writes in to tell us that he's successfully installed OS X on the Eee PC.

He apparently initially installed Leopard, but given the rather modest hardware of the Eee PC (900 MHz Celeron, 512MB ram) he ended up downgrading to Tiger. Nonetheless, he reports it "seems rock solid on my eeePC." As I said above, this involves some serious hacking of dubious legality (e.g. even if you own a Tiger license, Apple does not allow you install it on a PC). Nonetheless, I think this is a very cool hack, and I can't but admit I'd be tempted myself.

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Peter Payne

We really, really need some video on youtube showing us speed of application launch and what not. Could anyone get something posted?

November 19 2007 at 12:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
numberz

Does the Celeron have SSE2? Cause my friend thinks it doesn't and therefore Leopard cannot be installed on it.

November 18 2007 at 7:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tracy

Pepe,

I wasn't bothered by the fact that he was encouraging people to not break their license agreements. I was bothered by the fact that Mat made it sound like nobody at TUAW would ever condone such behavior, which is not the case (as any regular TUAW reader knows).

Professional or not, blogs should do their best to be accurate. I was simply pointing out an inaccuracy in this post.

Don't take every criticism as "hate mail."

November 16 2007 at 1:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Crouching Leopard, Hidden Dragthing

Geez, when did the Mac community become such fascists?

Between the jerks that claim they are calling the Feds when Erica posts a TIFF exploit jailbreak, to someone advocating jail time for someone having a bit of fun re-purposing their Leopard CD, I'm really disgusted at this segment of the community.

November 15 2007 at 7:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jamar

This is why I love China- because here OSx86 is totally legal and OK. Even the *authorized* Apple resellers help people get Leopard/Tiger installed on their PCs (I opted for Tiger since i got it done before Leopard came out).

November 15 2007 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HazKid

Everybody breaks licensing agreements. I get so angry when people report on things, calling them "illegal" JUST because they break a license agreement. For example, "you can't install Vista Home basic/premium in a VM because it's against the EULA." I feel so sorry for those people who actually care because they think anything else is "illegal". Guess what: Those people deserve to be suckered into buying Ultimate.

November 15 2007 at 5:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ted Kaake

Did anyone else notice that all the "screenshots" on Eee PC website appear to be Mac OS X?

November 15 2007 at 4:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pepe

Man, you guys. Go away, if you get so "ticked off" and can't deal with what you are interpreting as "high and mighty." TUAW is a simple blog and opinion place for non-pros to post stuff in regards to Apple. Let it rest.

Mat; way to go. Sorry for having to defend yourself in post 13. You TUAW guys and gals should just continue on. Each one of you is a different person working on a common fun project. Continue to do what you do. I, for my part will continue to read TUAW via the "no iPhone posts" RSS feed :-)

Greetings
Pepe

November 15 2007 at 4:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ari

New wiki up for the EEE PC OS X project!
http://eeepc-osx.wikispaces.com/

November 15 2007 at 4:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tracy

In response to #13:

And you wouldn't have gotten complaints, Mat Lu, if you had simply stated things differently or made the statement sound like your own personal beliefs instead of TUAWs

November 15 2007 at 4:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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