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Mac OS X 10.5.4 Hackintosh Update Report

I have been running Mac OS X Leopard on my Shuttle SD30G2 PC for over a month. The Mac OS X installation was done using the Leopard Kalyway 10.5.2 installer. It was updated to 10.5.3 using Kalyway 10.5.3 Combo Update. Today, the Shuttle has been updated to Mac OS X 10.5.4 using Mac OS X Software Update.

The update went smoothly and my Shuttle SD30G2 Hackintosh is now purring with Mac OS X 10.5.4.

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Should I Buy A MacBook Air?

I had the chance to play around with the MacBook Air last weekend. A friend of mine got a refurbished MacBook Air. The slim and light MacBook Air is an excellent choice if I need to be on the move a lot with a notebook. I don’t need to be on the move a lot, so no need to get a MacBook Air. Anyway, I did a lot of research on the MacBook Air and here’s a list of MacBook Air reviews.

Ars Technica reviews the MacBook Air
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook-air-review.ars

Ars Technica reviews the MacBook Air with SSD
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook-air-ssd-review.ars

AnandTech: The MacBook Air Thoroughly Reviewed
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3226&p=1

Engadget MacBook Air Review
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/macbook-air-review/

Gizmodo MacBook Air Review
http://gizmodo.com/348753/macbook-air-review

NotebookReview MacBook Air Review
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4238

MacBook Air Review by Danny Choo
http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1374/MacBook+Air+Review.html

SlashGear MacBook Air Review
http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-air-review-0110023.php

MacWorld: Review MacBook Air
http://www.macworld.com/article/131864/2008/01/macbookair.html

WSJ MacBook Air Review
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120113632301711881.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

CNET MacBook Air Review
http://notebookreview-cnet.com.com/laptops/apple-macbook-air-80gb/4505-3121_7-32818756.html?subj=fdba&part=notebookreview-cnet&tag=_Laptops

New York Times: MacBook Air Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

Newsweek: MacBook Air Review
http://www.newsweek.com/id/101113

USA Today: MacBook Air Review
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2008-01-23-macbook-air-review_N.htm

AppleInsider: MacBook Air Review
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/04/macbook_air_hdd_model_an_in_depth_review.html

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Mac OS X 10.5.2 vs 10.5.3 Performance Comparison

How fast is the Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3 compared to 10.5.2?

I updated my hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.5.3 and re-ran the Geekbench and Xbench tests. The final results:

It’s a TIE! Leopard 10.5.2 is faster on Geekbench, while 10.5.3 is faster on Xbench.

Related Links:

• How Fast is My Hackintosh?
• Shuttle SD30G2 - My Hackintosh PC

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How Fast is My Hackintosh?

Interested to know how fast is your Hackintosh (Mac OS X on an Intel PC) compared to a real Apple Mac? Try out Geekbench and Xbench for Mac OS X. These two software will benchmark your Mac and provide a comparison with different models of Mac machines.

Here is the Xbench score for my Hackintosh. It’s 147.68.

Xbench results:

Geekbench results

My hackintosh Geekbench score is 3074. The hackintosh performance is between that of the iMac (24-inch) Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.33GHz with Geekbench score of 3047 and the MacBook Pro (Mid 2007) Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40GHz with Geekbench score of 3115.

Related Links:

• Shuttle SD30G2 Hackintosh

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Asus Eee PC 701 vs Asus Eee PC 900 vs Asus Eee PC 1000

From left: Asus Eee PC 1000, Asus Eee PC 901 and Asus Eee PC 701. Photo taken from Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/asus-eee-pc-1000-vs-atom-based-901-vs-original-701-fight/

Asus is releasing new models of the Asus Eee PC so fast that many are having trouble keeping up. The latest Asus Eee PC 1000 with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD storage and up to 7.8hr battery life is a mouth-watering machine. Can’t wait to read more reviews of the delicious looking Asus Eee PC 1000 mini notebook.

Related Links:

• Asus Eee PC 900 Reviews Summary
• Asus Eee PC 900 vs Eee PC 701 Photos
• Asus Eee PC 900 Multi-Finger vs MacBook Air Multi-Touch
• Dell Mini Notebook vs Asus Eee PC 900 vs HP Mini-Note 2133

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