In a recent post Meklort stated that he will focus on simplifying the installation experience even more for the 0.8.4 release. his main goal is to make NetbookBootMaker supported on multiple platforms (or a version of it for each).
Many users on the MyDellMini forum have installed using Mechdrew’s NetbookCD and related guides. At the moment, [...]
Meklort and I worked on the project again last night and things are shaping up quite well. The NetbookBootMaker is now reverting back to the DellEFI method of caching kext for the installation. We ran into too many issues with the new method… like Kernel Panic and missing Quartz Extreme.
What is left to do before [...]
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Realizing that the world of Netbook and ultraportable has gone missing a DVD reader Microsoft is thinkering with the idea of selling Windows 7 installation on USB Thumb Drive media.
It is about time Microsoft (and I hope Apple) realise that the world is evolving and that DVD are getting useless! Why [...]
Just to give you folks interested to OSX on Netbook update as to where Meklort and I are at with the next gen installer.
Netbook owners using Apple MAc hardware will be able to “Netbookify” a restored copy of OSX DVD on a USB stick. What this mean is that you will simply restore the legal [...]
Today, Toshiba unveiled seven additions to its consumer-friendly Satellite line, as well as three SKUs for its small business-friendly L300 line. The notebooks, which range in price from $549 to $849 and have screen sizes from 14 to 18.4 inches, boast a tweaked design and, obviously, budget price tags.
The design changes are subtle, but still [...]
I know, I know. Technically, netbooks are just little notebooks. But the truth of the matter is that there are a number of things that most full sized notebooks can do that are tougher to do on a netbook. For one thing, most full sized laptops have optical disc drives for installing software, [...]
