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MSI Wind: Hacintosh netbook of choice thanks to leaked OS X WiFi driver

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:13AM | 0 comments

Steve Jobs may not think that it's the right time for Apple to produce a sub-$500 netbook, but that's not stopping Apple aficionados everywhere from violating OS X's licensing terms to try to install the software onto current netbooks of their own. And now, thanks to a new WiFi driver leaked by Realtek employees, the MSI Wind would appear to be the easiest netbook to convert into a fully functional Hackintosh netbook running OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you decide to buy an MSI Wind to give this a shot, keep in mind that even if you own a copy of OS X 10.5 Leopard, you are technically violating the license terms under which you purchased the software, and you probably shouldn't expect the same level of speedy performance of Leopard that you're used to on your current Apple-sanctioned hardware.

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external link MSI Encourages Hackintosh, Leaks OS X Wi-Fi… [Gizmodo]
external link MSI Wind blows away last OSX hurdle [The Inquirer]
external link MSI Wind gets OS X WiFi drivers for easy… [SlashGear]
external link MSI Wind netbook gains WiFi drivers for Mac… [jkOnTheRun]
external link OS X WiFi drivers now available for MSI Wind [Boing Boing Gadgets]
external link Realtek employees leak OS X WiFi drivers for… [Engadget]
external link Realtek employees leak OS X WiFi drivers for… [intech news blog]
external link WiFi driver for MSI Wind netbooks running OS… [Liliputing]

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