[Info-vax] OT: For Mr VAXman: Microsoft racist gaffe !

[seasoned_geek]

On Sep 16, 8:54 am, "John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)"
<a... at nonymous.com> wrote:
>
> I recently purchased one of these Toshiba netbookshttp://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=440193  and will be
> installing OS X on it later this week (10.5.7, or 10.6.1 if there is a
> concensus in the Hackintosh community that it can be made to work). Many
> people have done this (with approprite kexts added). Many of these
> 'Hackintoshes' also have linux and Win 7 installed as triple-boot systems.
> Some even have Parallels running to allow simultaneous use of the os'es.
>

Having purchased a generic Toshiba (WinBook) and an actual Toshiba
laptop, I will never buy another product from them.  I don't care how
good their marketing is or how cheap they get.

I'm really sad that Pro-Star switched from AMD to Intel trash.  They
used to make the best notebooks.  As to NetBooks, I'm waiting for a
good AMD version that has actual battery life.  If you read the fine
print on those NetBooks they are generally rated for 2 hours (phrased
as "up to four hours").

I am a big fan of the NetBook move towards a smaller form factor.  I
have missed my 486sx Austin notebook every time I traveled.  It was
small enough to open on a train/plain and booted in DOS running a text
editor or WP I could get over 6 hours out of the battery...WP had to
be tweaked to save only once every half hour though.  Now, NetBooks
are just about that same form factor...they just don't have anywhere
near the battery life.  Most of them don't even have a built in CD/
DVD, so they don't have the option of doing like Compaq and a few
others did...letting you swap your CD for a second battery to boost
usability.