OSX on Acer Aspire One A150

A little demo of my latest project of loading OSX86 on an Acer Aspire One Netbook.
There will shortly be a full posting about it on Buhboo.com.

If you're going to attempt this yourself, PLEASE purchase a copy of Leopard, it's an amazing OS and deserves a legal purchase.

**UPDATE**
Battery and Audio source auto-switching now work... see this post:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=129774&st=80

As promised here are some of the links of the tutorials I used to get it going:
OSX86 install:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/index.php/t129774.html

Cracking it open to replace the wireless card:
http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1443

Dual boot with Windows:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Simple_Dual_Boot

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• A150
• Acer
• Aspire
• hackintosh
• One
• OSX86

[crzycracka69]

why waste the time with dual booting? just save it and run VMware and you dont have the fragmenting issues that come with running OS X and XP from the same drive

[showson1]

If it was a faster machine I'd agree, but with the specs on this machine and limited screen real estate, a VM just doesn't work.

Plus I prefer Virtualbox, just as good as VMware but free. :)

[Dantemagnus]

You are a fake. When you zoomed in (1:10) on the screen of the acer, the size of the screen changed. You are just showing a mac computer. And the lights are turned off.

[showson1]

You're so silly.. you think maybe it looked like the screen size changed because I was zooming in?

[icedup4u]

So there are a lot of people on here that don't see the links to the side that explain how to do it! Here is a more pertinent question.... I have a 8+8GB Aspire One, is it possible to install a 160GB 2.5" internal so I may attempt a triple boot (Ubuntu, Leopard, XP)? Also, underneath the battery it appears to have a SIM card slot... Does this mean I can use it as a phone too?!??

[showson1]

I do remember seeing somewhere how to replace a SSD with a 2.5" HD.. but I don't recall where I saw that. A quick Google search should turn it up. :)

[StarkPrototype]

Yeah 8.9 is a big difference. However you can plug it on a external monitor!

[Dtz222]

can i run it on the 8gb hd version?

[EklekTek1]

*netbook, not laptop

[loganvdoesvids]

What model is that i have a Acer Aspire One Netbook KAV60 is that compatible

[BigGiantFuzzySpaceTi]

It is legit. Ive dont this to my old desktop.

[lggboy12]

@oneangrybride 2.2 INCHES SMALLER, MAKES A BIG DEFERANCE

[lggboy12]

@mrora NO U CANT, NO MATHER WAT HARDDRIVE U USE, APPLE DESIGNED THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO INSTAL ON APPLE DEVICES\

[mrora]

i also have the same netbook, could i just get a brand new hard drive and load osx to that hard drive and have a solo osx installtion?

[techit4692]

how do you put os x on the usb stick to install?