Here I am typing away in Blogo on my Asus Eee Hackintosh and not liking it (I’ve changed to the Windows 7 laptop, and am now on Live Writer because I have access to Picasa and my Polaroid plug-in). This is a decent thought experiment, but there are problems, as others have pointed out. The typing is actually good, and some other aspects really stand out well, like the portability and the overall performance.
But for a Mac user, this just isn’t the same. It has no access to the built in Wi-Fi, so I have an external solution that hooks into the USB port. When I do that, there is a big “thing” sticking out of the side of the netbook.
I hate the trackpad on it, and I can’t deactivate or suspend it, it just works. I can’t even control the tracking speed. It is directly under my thumbs and since the Trackpad system preference doesn’t work, every time I accidentally touch the trackpad, I make the cursor jump to a new place on the page, totally disrupting my work. The trackpad behavior is so bad I have resorted to using the old Macally USB keyboard. This netbook is supposed to free me up, not weigh me down with a bunch of peripherals.
Some windows resize themselves to the 600 px screen, except Blogo, which flows out beyond the top and bottom. What the hackers have managed to achieve is brilliant, however, I am committed now to getting rid of all the PCs and getting a real, new, Macbook Pro 13″. Small enough to tote, big enough to do what I want to do; use Windows Live Writer in VM Ware Fusion and OS X for everything else. Can someone hook a brother up?
I see, after all that you reverted to Windows 7. A nice small mac laptop will be nice, be very effective for what you do. At least you tried.
Nope, didn't revert to Win 7, just switched computers. Asus to Acer 16".
I have now switched back to Win 7. Since I sold my Acer Laptop to Arlene Satin, I need a laptop and this fills the bill quite nicely, but OS X, as much as I love it, was more a hindrance than a help. I will be getting a Macbook, but for right now this works.
Oh okay, my mistake.
UPDATE: I've installed the latest Mac OS X (aka, Snow Leopard) on my netbook and it's running great. Less of a problem getting it installed, getting it going and getting it updated. I may keep that.
Just made a Dell 10v Mini hackintosh… everything works and the keyboard is actually fairly useable. now to triple boot it!
FURTHER UPDATE: I reinstalled OS X on the netbook, gave it to my daughter (cuz she likes OS X too) and now I have a used, black 13" Macbook because I like having the real thing.
I’ve shared you post on digg, good work