Archive for April, 2008

ASUS has posted Eee PC 4G BIOS version 0910. This makes a few improvements to startup times, as well as some updates to the system’s video BIOS. Some of the changes will enable future support of scrolling 1024×768 video (not finished yet, ASUS is still working on it). The update also makes various other changes [...]

Ubuntu is my preferred Linux distribution. So, with Ubuntu 8.04 out, I decided to give it a try on my Eee PC.
There is one really nice feature with Ubuntu 8.04. It has a new method of installing that creates an image file in Windows. Then, it edits the Windows boot menu to add Ubuntu as [...]

Kalyway is my least favorite of the OSx86 distributions, I’ve found it to be the most unreliable and unstable versions of Leopard OSx86…
And, my experiences with the Eee PC are no different. The installer doesn’t even execute.
Now, why did I start with Kalyway? Mostly because I was pretty sure it would fail. Miserably. And, I [...]

There’s no easy answer to this question. You bought an Eee to run Mac OS X on it. Normally, Leopard is the natural answer since “it’s the latest and greatest”.
Now, what’s the problem? Well, the problem is, Leopard doesn’t run as well as Tiger does on the Eee “out-of-the-box”. The Eee PC has an Intel GMA 900, [...]

First, I’ll talk about the legalities of Mac OS X on the Eee PC. The OSx86 community walks a fine legal line, and, thus we have to walk it as well.
First, don’t pirate Mac OS X. At the very least, you need to have a licensed installation disc of Mac OS X for the version [...]

Before I start to talk about Mac OS X on the Eee PC, I’d like to talk a bit about Windows. The 4G-X comes with Windows XP SP2. One of my big complaints about the setup of the Eee, is that ASUS did almost nothing to trim down the Eee’s XP payload. In fact, they [...]

Welcome to MacEee.com. This site was created to cater to the technically savvy, who are interested in ASUS’s revolutionary Eee PC series.
As the name implies, this site has an initial focus; to make it easy to understand Mac OS X and the OSx86 community, with a focus on the Eee. But, we aren’t going to [...]