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Realtek's Wireless Driver Drives Thoughts of an Apple Netbook

Posted by timothy on from the can't-get-there-from-here-in-cupertino dept.

Slatterz writes "With Macworld 2009 mere weeks away, one rumour that seemingly won't die is the idea of a Mac OS X Netbook PC. Asking a company to provide OS X drivers for their netbooks has, up until now, been met with silence, and probably a little quaking on the vendor side as they wait for the heavy footsteps of Apple's army of lawyers. It seems, however, that Realtek, who provide the WiFi chip found in the MSI Wind U100, are dipping their toes into the legally iffy world of the Hackintosh. Forum users at MSIWind.Net asked politely for drivers, and after a lot of patience, Beta drivers were provided."

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  1. About time by dread · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suddenly I think I will play with the Wind tonight.

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    I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it -- Groucho Marx
    1. Re:About time by maxume · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's a horrible euphemism and you should be ashamed of yourself.

      --
      Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
    2. Re:About time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Suddenly I think I will play with the Wind tonight.

      Just don't break it.

  2. Re:Odd. by julian67 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow, if I buy an Apple I can burn CDs with a wireless adapter! I'm bending over now...

  3. Re:Since OS X is based on Darwin by db32 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because when you think about it that way it doesn't make for sensationalist flamebait articles on slashdot. Duh.

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    The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
  4. realtek hackintoshers delight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hackintosh community has been delighted to have realtek drivers for OSX for some time now. Asus P5W-DH mobo, for example, comes with realtek 8187 wifi and is fully working with OSX for more than a year.

  5. Re:AIr Book is a netbook in everything but price by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can barely understand your posts the incoherent ones.

  6. Re:On the legal issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, Apple will decrease the weight of the Air further by removing all components which Apple considers non-essential. Like the keyboard (it'll be touchscreen-based) and the battery.

    How will the Air be powered without a battery you may ask? Use it as a kite. In a lightning storm. Also, you need some wire, a key, and a Leyden jar...

    Initial reviews will claim that the new Air has excellent tactile feedback. :)

  7. Re:No thoughts of a Netbook by Haeleth · · Score: 2, Funny

    They already make two, the iPhone and iTouch

    If your iPhone has a hinge, I think you may just have been ripped off by an unscrupulous and rather lazy counterfeiter.

  8. four-pin port tyranny by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's true, and thanks to Apple, we are spared the wrath of these genocidal monsters. Four pin firewire has led to the deaths of countless thousands while millions of others slowly starve in the death camps. Thankfully Apple put an end to these Pinochets-in-plastic when they built the new MacBook without the four-pin port. Remember, folks, first they came for the floppy drive, but I did not speak out, because I didn't like floppy disks at all. Then they came for USB 1.1 but I did not speak out because I'm actually fond of faster protocols. Now that they are coming for these Little Eichmanns I can only jump for joy. Apple macht frei!!!