The Apple lawyers rushing towards another generic apple clone with copies of the EULA in their grubby mitts...

So we've got Eeepcs running XP and linux, and now we've the MSI Wind with XP, Linux or Mac OS X. It's impressive what he's done. Wonder if you could sort out a triple boot version?

It's roughly equivalent to half the performance of a MacBook Air for a third of the cost (Advent 4211 plus the cost of a retail copy of OSX Leopard, DVD drive plus a compatible wi-fi card). However it's a pity that the sound input/output sockets don't work, although that problem could theoretically be solved using an external USB audio device.

Despite these minor setbacks I am still seriously tempted given the low cost - the Advent's performance when running OSX is similar to my trusty iMac G5 and that is still a surprisingly capable computer.

Evil Steve Jobs because he really ought to also produce a cheaper MacBook Air with a smaller physical footprint.

First to Post 'I spotted him' after a Webster Post wins. choose your own webster Icon..

I think he took umbrage at getting the smackdown from an entire page of comments for a spectacularly misdirected and originality-free rant about an article which had precisely zero Mac content in the first place and has thus retired to the sandpit to play with his own turds until such time as his meds need topping up again

so..usually we get rants about Apple unlockers etc - and yet this article seems to be promoting this activity... a refreshing change.

I'm not a Mac guy at all, and wondered..

In the video he refers to "OS-Ex".

I always thought it was "OS-Ten" (The X being a roman numeral?), as it followed OS 9.x?

Learn about the MSI Wind and where to buy it at the biggest Wind Forum at forums.msiwind.net.

Plus if you go there they will help you with setting up the osx on the wind.

Lol Steve could either hate or like this. People could use OSx86 to experiment and get hooked then purchase a Mac or could fully just find a substitute.

Let's just say the smackdown is coming, and it's gonna beat his punk ass --

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/apples-lawsuit-against-psystar-examined/

A bunch of large gentlemen will arrive shortly, in expensive suits and using very fancy English, charging $2,000+ per hour, and demanding a blank cheque to "settle" the matters of breaching the EULA, diluting the trademark, etc.

Laptop? £280!

OS X Leopard? Free! From 'da torrents ;)

Getting raped by a shit-tonne of lawyers on YouTube? Priceless!

Did anyone else notice this is a really silly article?

The guy hacking a Wind into running OS X - that's mad, and awesome. If you are having fun hacking hardware, great stuff. But for the rest of us...

How much is the MacBook Air again? For the time spent hacking a Wind, I could also work in my real job and buy 2 MacBook Airs. Wow such a bargain, thinking about it this way! Like, they did all the hacking for you, it's not even hacking, it's officially supported, and it's a much nicer piece of hardware to boot. And they'll just hand it to you, trading for a few hours worth of work in your job. Compared with a hacked Wind, the MBA is the best deal on the planet. ;)

I also don't think Apple care at all. If they take action it will be because legal determined that they have to in order to protect a trademark or the EULA as in if they didn't they'd have trouble defending these in future cases. But concerned about the unwashed masses going out and modifying their Wind in this fashion? Surely not.

Nice attempt to impress us all with how much you earn, but £3000/hr is pushing the limits of credibility.