{"id":1383,"date":"2009-03-19T00:59:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T00:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/installing-mac-os-x-105-on-a-lenovo-s10e-using-a-retail-dvd.htm"},"modified":"2009-03-19T02:21:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T02:21:59","slug":"installing-mac-os-x-105-on-a-lenovo-s10e-using-a-retail-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/installing-mac-os-x-105-on-a-lenovo-s10e-using-a-retail-dvd.htm","title":{"rendered":"Installing Mac OS X 10.5 on a Lenovo S10e (using a retail DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hackintosh<\/a>I enjoy installing things that shouldn’t<\/em> work together and making them work. I’m not clever enough to write the hacks but I’m OK at putting together the constituent pieces of the puzzle (with a little help from Google!). This time, the project was installing Mac OS X on my Lenovo S10e – at around 1.25kg and with a 10-inch display, this could be thought of as the ultimate Mac Mini!<\/p>\n

Since I was given permission to install Windows 7 on the notebook PC that I use for work, my netbook (which was purchased for Windows 7 testing… at least until my son inherits it when he needs a PC for school) has been a little under-utilised. But with the MacBook now tethered to a monitor and acting to all intents and purposes as if it’s a desktop PC, the netbook would be a great little web-surfing Mac for use when I’m on the move.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of guides for installing OS X on netbooks, but most of them involve downloading cracked distributions of the operating system. The difference here is that I didn’t do that – I used a retail OS X 10.5 (Leopard) DVD instead – and, although it may technically be a breach of Apple’s EULA (I’m no lawyer and, like most normal people, cannot comprehend pages and pages of “small print”), because the software was bought and paid for, I figure it’s at least morally acceptable and my karma should be OK.<\/p>\n

I have installed OS X on a non-Apple PC before<\/a> but the experience wasn’t great. Meanwhile the Hackintosh<\/a> community has made significant progress, and Boing Boing’s Mac OS X netbook compatibility chart<\/a> suggested that I should be able to get most of the devices in my S10e working. So, this is my guide to building a small, lightweight, “Mac” notebook , for around \u00c2\u00a3400. Or, to put it another way, about half what you’d pay for an entry-level Apple laptop (MacBook) that’s not as well built<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To do this, you will need:<\/p>\n