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Leopard on a Dell M1530

Posted by hank, Tue Apr 01 01:58:00 UTC 2008

Somehow, I managed to get Leopard installed and running on my Dell M1530 using the Kalyway disc. It barely works. Here is a list of deficiencies:

No Wireless (Intel 3945)
No Ethernet (Marvell Yukon 88E8)
No Sound

And here are some things that seem to work:

Bluetooth
Firewire
Nvidia Graphics using NVInstaller .41 @ 1680x1050

Here are some nice pictures:

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Macbook Air hacked in under 2 minutes

Posted by hank, Sun Mar 30 12:12:00 UTC 2008

So, at the PWN2OWN contest, a MacBook Air was hacked in under 2 minutes. A Vista machine was also hacked a little later, but the Ubuntu machine stood strong despite various attempts. Just goes to show that Macs are definitely not as invincible as many people keep saying they are…

pwndBook Air

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Leopard Triumph! I guess..

Posted by hank, Tue Feb 05 00:25:00 UTC 2008

So I’ve been using Leopard to see if it is adequate for a laptop. So far, it has done nicely. I have a few complaints, but some of them are just old habits that die hard. Here is a short list…

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