Comments on: Yes we can: Mac OS X on Nokia Booklet 3G

by: René

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:47:20 +0000

All graphics are without acceleration, the 2D desktop effects do work (exposé, window genie, etc.) - without accelerated drivers even about as “fast” as the accelerated Windows 7 “effects” …

However, with all the acceleration missing, HD video is not all that smooth.

As far as I remember, website scrolling was pretty ok.

It is, however, needless to say that those Atom’s are underpowered and everything is sluggish, including Windows 7 with accelerated drivers.

Although not 100% convinced, in the meantime I got a current generation, mid-2011 MacBook Air for all the i7 CPU power, and accelerated graphics.

As mentioned, I’m not 100% satisfied even with the latest MacBook Air, the screen bezel should be way smaller (it’s just hilarious), and the Intel graphics could be better, too, e.g. support OpenCL, …

But, oh well, nothing is perfect, …

by: Trotterys

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:28:30 +0000

I have few questions to ask:

Do the desktop 3D effects when opening/closing apps work? The 3D games?

What is the performance on hd youtube videos? Is the playback choppy?

Is the website scrolling smooth?

by: René

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:33:21 +0000

Sound is supposed to work when the BIOS is not reset to failsafe defaults due OS X clobbering the NVRAM. The easiest interim fix is to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del in the boot loader on fresh power on, this time the BIOS resets to proper settings, to enable the PCI audio device, …

IIRC Mic works here, for a headset I think it is only compatible with Nokia headsets, not iPhone, etc. compatibles ones (other Mic pin on the TRS; …)

GMA500 alias Poulsbo acceleration is unlikely to happen anytime soon, heck there is not even Linux acceleration for it (beside a mostly defunct binary-only blob).

by: Wade

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:24:18 +0000

Any progress yet on the voodoohda kext? I need this machine for Finale, a music engraving application, and I need to hear my work! HELP!!!

I had perfectly working sound out (but no mic) until I rebuilt the kext caches at boot with the -v -f flags. Then it stopped seeing the speakers and mic altogether.

Also, Poulsbo. Grrrrrr…. Any progress on that front? I need it to work and not to just get the proper resolution. I need the acceleration. This Booklet is now so slow that it is nearly painful!

Suggestions? I am getting better and more adventurous with the Terminal now that I have been fooling with Linux these past six months. What can I do to improve my Booklet as a Mac? Still at 10.6.1, by the way. I will try to patch the kernel sometime soon.

Thanks for all the work!

by: René

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:45:30 +0000

The MacBook or iMac disc check for the model identifier in the Installer package, and will refuse to install even on real Macs if the identifier is not the one the DVD was produced for, … So you need a vanilla retail CD without an model identifier lock. The initial DVD batch sold contained 10.6.0.

A newer version (10.6.3) may work, if you grab a matching patch that alters the cpuid check introduced in Mac OS X 10.6.2.

by: Joe

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:53:12 +0000

Will “restore disks” for MB’s or iMacs work? Or do I need to find straight-up “Mac OS X 10.6.1″ disks… The earliest versions I’ve found in the stores are 10.6.3, which seems to be too ‘current’….

Also, any updates on the sound issue?