Hackintosh-friendly Dell Mini 10v discontinued

There are plenty of Dell mini 10v's still available at http://www.dell.com/outlet

I bought the Nickelodeon version and have been very happy with it. I installed 2GB of memory and a Bluetooth adapter. Everything works great - it is a perfect 10-inch MacBook. The trackpad is disappointing, but usable once you get used to it (and I have a Logitech Bluetooth mouse that obviously works a lot a better).

Hint: use a little Sharpie on the inside of the palmrest so you don't get blinded by the way-too-bright power/sleep/low-battery LED.

Hackinminis suck, especially when the OS itself is designed for >=13" screens. Other netbooks aren't too much fun, either.

I just bought a 10v from Dell's refurb site 10 minutes ago. I checked last night, and I saw one left. I didn't get it, said I'll check tonite, and if it is still there, I'll buy it. So now... there are 3 pages of 10v's, and I'm not talking the Nickelodeon ones. I got the cheapest, at $259, and also sprung for the Red/Black reversible case for $19. Should get it in about 3-6 days.

Hackintosh, here I come!!!!


Ken

My story: I failed to pull the trigger on one of these back in January, changed my mind to buy one in March, but they had already been pulled from the Canadian site. I wound up buying one of the refurbed Nickelodeon models (figured the kids would like the "slimed" graphics) through dell.com. Had it shipped to my father-in-law in Florida, who then shipped it via UPS (ouch) to me in Canada.

Once I finally had it though, making it a 10.6.3 hackintosh was very easy. My thanks to all the developers who have put the time and effort into making the compatibilities possible.

Final tally: $320 (computer + FL tax) + $30 UPS shipping to Canada + $35 Ontario and Canada tax + $50(!) UPS "fee" + $30 Snow Leopard disc = $465 CDN.

Would I do it again? Probably not, given the hassle and expense of the purchase.

It is still shown in the Dell Small Business site:

http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-10&s=bsd&cs=04

The mini 9 set the standard for easily "hackintoshed" netbooks I think. MIne has a 64g SSD and was cheap enough to just keep in my vehicle all the time. It doesn't get used much since I received my iPad though.

I have one already loaded with XP and want to put OSX, can I do it without taking off XP first, what is the method to Partition in order to them both on
thanks

the Dell Mini 10 can be hackintoshed....granted it does have some limited features but you can load OSX on a Dell Mini 10, and there is a work in progress about loading the new Dell Mini 1012 with OSX also....

You can still get the Mini 10v but just the Nickelodeon Edition

hackintosh is the future, not just netbooks like 10v hp mini, also full size. people like apple easy,designy though the world is still pc. I've done 2 10v OS X,and a Dell 6400, chameleon is your friend as are forums.