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Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - chopper - 10-16-2008
$800-900 price point is fueling it. Can't do a MBP right now. Even a refurb ..
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - ztirffritz - 10-16-2008
I'm really thinking about doing that with the Dell Mini-9. It does come with Ubuntu on it though, so might not even need to do that.
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - Harbourmaster - 10-16-2008
2 days only! Dell Home has the Dell Mini 9 Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz 8.9" Widescreen Miniature Notebook PC for a low $399.00. $8.00 Shipping. Tax in most states.
FREE 4GB Ultra II SDHC Flash Memory Card with purchase
2.3lbs; 8.9" LED-backlit; Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz; 1GB RAM; 8GB SSD; 802.11b/g; Windows XP Home; 4-cell battery; 1yr warranty
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Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - MacMagus - 10-16-2008
Just make sure there's a build of OS X that's known to work on whatever PC you buy before you buy it.
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - Forrest - 10-16-2008
>>FREE 4GB Ultra II SDHC Flash Memory Card with purchase
2.3lbs; 8.9" LED-backlit; Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz; 1GB RAM; 8GB SSD; 802.11b/g; Windows XP Home; 4-cell battery; 1yr warranty
That's no deal - I can get a Acer Aspire One with virtually the same specs, but with a 120 GB hard drive instead of the 8 GB SSD for $350 at Best Buy or Microcenter.
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - Jack D. - 10-16-2008
Has Dell customer service improved any? I'm still rubbing my butt from my last Dell purchase 3 years ago.
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - Mac1337 - 10-16-2008
Is loading OS X on intel machines now a resolved issue or is it still an underground cottage industry?
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - djroga3 - 10-16-2008
Dell customer service...there are no civil words to describe it....
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - Will Collier - 10-16-2008
djroga3 wrote:
Dell customer service...there are no civil words to describe it....
Dell's quality control is horrendous. I buy high-end PC's for Air Force applications, and I've had one lot of Dell Precisions fail completely--all 17 units have had to have motherboard replacements.
"Back in the day" Dell had great customer service. When I was working at the Apple support center in Austin about 15 years ago, we could tell Dell was going places; they were hiring away all the best support reps from Apple. Pretty obviously, things have changed...
Re: Really thinking about OS X on a Dell 17 inch laptop. - incognegro - 10-16-2008
OS X on windows laptops is spotty at best. lots of things don't work.