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Although it's not a real Apple device, the MacBook Nano, a modded MSI Wind running OS X, has people talking about Apple netbooks again.

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:28AM | 0 comments

Although Apple has not yet entered the netbook market, a lot of Apple fans out there would seem to want an inexpensive, small form factor Apple netbook running OS X. Pictures have appeared online of several Apple MacBook Nanos, which are actually MSI Wind netbooks that have been hacked and customized to look like miniaturized Apple MacBooks.

They've even installed OS X on the machines, despite Apple's licensing rules that forbid such cross-platform installations. The real question is: how well does OS X perform on these custom Hackintosh MacBook Nanos?

Would you buy an Apple netbook if they released one? Would you buy these customized MSI Winds if someone tried to sell them?

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external link NEWS: PHOTOS: MacBook nano mod revealed [Pocket-lint.co.uk]
external link The MSI Wind becomes the Apple MacBook Nano [Boing Boing Gadgets]
external link Want an Apple netbook? Don’t get excited… [Liliputing]
external link What's this? A Macbook Nano? Er... [Tech Digest]

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Related company news:
Apple, Intel, MSI
Related glossary terms:
Netbook, Hackintosh
Related devices and services:
MSI Wind, Apple MacBook Air

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