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Has anyone here done this? I'm thinking of buying either a Mini 9 or Mini 12 with my tax refund and installing OS X. Curious to know what you think / how speedy

Has anyone here done this? I'm thinking of buying either a Mini 9 or Mini 12 with my tax refund and installing OS X. Curious to know what you think / how speedy it is.

Zev 18y ago
Not very well. Its maxed at 1gb ram, and has a GMA 950 (Apple doesn't even sell these anymore, its not a good onboard gfx card) And an Atom at 1.33GHz won't be well. 1.6GHz barely cuts it with the Air.
- pstinnett 18y ago
  Ugh. And I just took a look and apparently the Mini 12 doesn't work at all with OS X.
- GHFigs 18y ago
  Additionally, the Air uses a Core 2 Duo, which is faster, clock-for-clock than the Atom.
- minsight 18y ago
  The Dell is sold with a maximum of 1gb of RAM, but it can be upgraded to 2 gigs for OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX). I know this is true, because I spent thirty bucks and upgraded mine today. It works well.
  - Zev 18y ago
    What modern OS doesn't support ~3.5gb ram at minimum? Or have a 64bit version of it for that matter.
    - minsight 18y ago
      They CAN support that much RAM. Negotiations with and contractual obligations to Microsoft make sure that they don't.
  - nfg 18y ago
    > OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX) What do you mean by this? There is no 1GB memory limit in OS X.
    - minsight 18y ago
      Indeed, but the versions of XP and Linux that you get from netbook vendors ARE limited to 1 GB.
      - eli 18y ago
        That's a licensing requirement from Microsoft to avoid the "XP Tax." It's not the case if you get Linux and, anyway, is not a technical requirement.
        minsight 18y ago
        Nobody said it was a technical requirement. Just that they were "limited". The net result is that netbook manufacturers are selling machines that don't live up to the capabilities of the hardware or the OSes. There are ways around them, and recompiling linux kernels and installing Mac OS are just two of them.
- whughes 18y ago
  OS X wobbles along on the much slower PPC machines, though.
- pibefision 18y ago
  GMA 950 its a great onboard video card. Even GMA 900 was great.

Has anyone here done this? I'm thinking of buying either a Mini 9 or Mini 12 with my tax refund and installing OS X. Curious to know what you think / how speedy it is.

Zev 18y ago

Not very well. Its maxed at 1gb ram, and has a GMA 950 (Apple doesn't even sell these anymore, its not a good onboard gfx card) And an Atom at 1.33GHz won't be well. 1.6GHz barely cuts it with the Air.

pstinnett 18y ago
Ugh. And I just took a look and apparently the Mini 12 doesn't work at all with OS X.
GHFigs 18y ago
Additionally, the Air uses a Core 2 Duo, which is faster, clock-for-clock than the Atom.
minsight 18y ago
The Dell is sold with a maximum of 1gb of RAM, but it can be upgraded to 2 gigs for OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX). I know this is true, because I spent thirty bucks and upgraded mine today. It works well.
- Zev 18y ago
  What modern OS doesn't support ~3.5gb ram at minimum? Or have a 64bit version of it for that matter.
  - minsight 18y ago
    They CAN support that much RAM. Negotiations with and contractual obligations to Microsoft make sure that they don't.
- nfg 18y ago
  > OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX) What do you mean by this? There is no 1GB memory limit in OS X.
  - minsight 18y ago
    Indeed, but the versions of XP and Linux that you get from netbook vendors ARE limited to 1 GB.
    - eli 18y ago
      That's a licensing requirement from Microsoft to avoid the "XP Tax." It's not the case if you get Linux and, anyway, is not a technical requirement.
      - minsight 18y ago
        Nobody said it was a technical requirement. Just that they were "limited". The net result is that netbook manufacturers are selling machines that don't live up to the capabilities of the hardware or the OSes. There are ways around them, and recompiling linux kernels and installing Mac OS are just two of them.
whughes 18y ago
OS X wobbles along on the much slower PPC machines, though.
pibefision 18y ago
GMA 950 its a great onboard video card. Even GMA 900 was great.