Lenovo IdeaPad S10
 

Lenovo IdeaPad S10

I am thinking of getting one of these with my tax return ($349 on newegg), anyone else have one working with OS X? Is it easy to set up? Any other advise?

Thanks.

Most of these netbooks seem to use the same components. 1.6ghz Atom & Intel 950gma. Try to find out what kind of wifi card they used as with some netbooks you must replace it with one that is osx compatible. Paul's Wind Driver pack would be a start. the max screen hieght of 600 is cutting it close. My Aspire one has the same hieght and it does get a bit annoying when window are not adjustible. You wont have this problem with Windows or most other operating systems.... Just OSX. I wouldnt be too supprised if you were to get most of machines components up and running. These little guys all seem to have so much in common and there is so much focus on getting OSX running on them.

Personally I would try to find something with at least 1024x768. Also dual core Atoms should be avalable for netbooks shortly. The Atom 330 showed a big performance increase over the single core version.

I'm actually considering buying a Lenovo S10 instead of a MacBook Air. The MBA is too pricey although nice and it doesn't give me any extra functionality. The Lenovo S10 netbook is a very good laptop for students in need of taking notes on it etc. It runs well too, I tried it IRL and I was impressed. I also saw that it can run OSx86 with a little elbow grease.

thanks guys... i have been looking around a bit and now I am even more undecided... I have started thinking about getting a Samsung NC10 instead. It has a 6-cell battery and bluetooth. Reviewers say they can get about 6 hours of battery life out of it! My last laptop (2.8ghz p4) got maybe 2 hours. I have seen some youtube clips of people getting the Samsung working as well.

Will have to do a bit more research...

You can get a Lenovo with a 6 cell battery I believe, but, the Samsung NC10 isn't as durable as you'd believe. And Bluetooth is a feature you'll barely use. It's up to you.

I've still got my eye on a 9" Acer Aspire One, the 120GB version. Seems very nice, and OSX would work on it, with a lot of effort.

well i decided to get the S10. I found that I can buy 2 gb ram, a 6 cell battery and a larger hard drive for less than the samsung, plus I will have a spare 3 cell battery as a backup too! there is also a bluetooth chip that is really easy to install inside of it.

The wifi works with OSX out of the box, so thats nice too!

got the $299 version (free shipping) 2gb of ram, and I will buy that battery off ebay before my trip in march.

i will let everyone know how osx works once i get it going.

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I have gotten my S10 and I have loaded it up with OS X 10.5.6 using the msiwindosx.iso and i have it dual booting with XP.

The only thing that does not work in OS X is the built in microphone, kind of a bummer for skype, but thats alright.

Thanks for the help!

Good choice mate. How does OS X run on it?

thanks, it runs great, I have not had any problems yet. like i said, in OS X everything but the mic & ethernet works.

the webcam, the wireless, speakers and headphone jacks. sleep is working and so is card reader. vga out is working too.

i am really happy with this choice and with the 6 cell battery i got off of ebay, it is going to last twice as long.

i like that netbook itself too, I have heard that it runs a little hotter than some of the others, but it does not seem to hot to me.