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100 Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh Laptop Owners

By Victor Goh | Published: November 30th, 2009

Can I find 100 Dell Mini 10v hackintosh owners on the Internet?

Let me try.

  1. Me of course.
    Dell Mini 10v connected to a Dell 22" LCD Monitor

Blog posts by Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh Owners

  1. John Herrman
  2. MacG
  3. reydemia
  4. ItWasLuck3
  5. aegis

Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh Videos on Youtube

  1. mfolquet
  2. teckhean
  3. jaraeez
  4. mrwaltwittman
  5. svitale75
  6. Tychy73
  7. williamli
  8. matthewsalvo
  9. masarijones
  10. scififan68
  11. jlpedreirav
  12. anguish79
  13. almograve
  14. nervis67
  15. boagworld
  16. gadgetcompass
  17. orangutan2006
  18. jkbellenir
  19. mobkon

Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh Photos on Flickr

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  2. ;width=960;">lucy…
  3. ;width=960;">stevenloveskatie
  4. ;width=960;">iAmBeer
  5. ;width=960;">JoshHarrow
  6. ;width=960;">ByteMarks
  7. ;width=960;">joestump
  8. ;width=960;">pavlovsbob
  9. ;width=960;">mills70
  10. ;width=960;">nervousonion
  11. ;width=960;">suiyee

Dell Mini 10v Mac OS X Forum

Oops! I still need another 64 Dell Mini 10v hackintosh owners. I’m sure there must be at least 64 Dell Mini 10v hackintosh owners in http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell-mini-10v-mac-os-x-discussion/. :P

Are you a Dell Mini 10v hackintosh owner too?

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Connecting a Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh to an External Monitor

By Victor Goh | Published: October 14th, 2009

Dell Mini 10v connected to a Dell 22" LCD Monitor

Dell Mini 10v hackintosh connected to a Dell 22″ LCD Monitor running at 1680×1050. The desktop is extended to the external display. I read somewhere that using mirror mode with an external display may crash the Dell Mini 10v hackintosh. I didn’t try it.

Dell Mini 10v connected to a 42" Philips LCD TV

Connected to a Philips 42″ LCD TV at 1360×768. It’s beautiful.

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Installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my Dell Mini 10v

By Victor Goh | Published: September 25th, 2009

Dell Mini 10v

I received my Dell Mini 10v yesterday afternoon. After getting it out of the box and taking some photos, I quickly started charging the laptop battery while installing Snow Leopard on the laptop. Dell’s instructions is to charge the battery for at least 12 hours before using the laptop on battery power.

Not so smooth installation process

I had expected a simple and straightforward installation, but it wasn’t so. There were some installation hiccups along the way and I had to retry the installation a couple of times before I managed to install Snow Leopard on my Dell Mini 10v. It wasn’t a smooth installation process because I was in a hurry and didn’t prepare a proper checklist.

Here’s the list of things that went wrong.

  • First, I forgot to run Disk Utility and reformat the laptop hard disk before starting the installation process. I had to back track to Disk Utility when I couldn’t continue the installation  because no suitable hard disk was found. The Dell Mini 10v came with 3 partitions on its hard disk. In my first attempt to erase the 3 partitions using Disk Utility, I got a spinning beach ball that refuse to go away. I had to power off the laptop and restart the installation process.
  • Second, I forgot to downgrade the Dell Mini 10v Bios version A06 to version A04. On my next second and third installation attempt, the installation process would stop halfway with a dialog telling me to reboot the laptop. After a couple of reboots, I remember reading about the need to downgrade the Mini 10v Bios to version A04 before installing Mac OS X. After downgrading the Bios to version A04, the installation completed without any problem.
  • Third, after the installation completed, I powered off the laptop while it was rebooting. I felt it was taking too long and assumed that it had frozen. When the laptop booted up for the first time, I didn’t see the Mac OS X welcome video when the Snow Leopard desktop came up.

Mini Mac up and running

After a bumpy installation process, I now have Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on my Dell Mini 10v. I am named the laptop minimac, short for Dell Mini Mac 10v. I also made a Time Machine backup of the laptop once it was up and running.

Screenshot of My Hackintosh Laptop on the Dell Mini 10v

Above is a screenshot of this website taken on my Dell Mini Mac 10v.

I will write more about my first impressions of the Mini Mac later.

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Dell Delivers My Dell Mini 10v in 5 Working Days!

By Victor Goh | Published: September 23rd, 2009

Just got a call this morning from Dell to inform me that my Dell Mini 10v is arriving tomorrow. I had expected it to arrive at the end of this month, but it’s reaching me 6 days (or 4 working days) earlier. Well done Dell! Looks like my earlier estimate of getting my Dell Mini 10v within a week after ordering it online  wasn’t too optimistic after all.

Dell Mini 10v Hackintosh'ed

I’m really looking forward to getting it hackintosh’ed by tomorrow.

Come back soon for my take on the hackintosh installation process and first impression on the Dell Mini ‘Mac’ 10v hackintosh laptop.

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What Color Should I Choose? Cherry Red or Jade Green Dell Mini 10v?

By Victor Goh | Published: September 21st, 2009

Dell Mini 10v Colors

After making the decision to get a Dell Mini 10v as my hackintosh laptop, I had another decision make. What color should I choose? The Dell Mini 10v came in seven different colors. I went through the seven colors and below were my responses.

  1. Obsidian Black – Glossy black looks boring.
  2. Alpine White – Will probably get dirty easily just like my existing white Macbook. My Macbook palm rest area has turned gray permanently.
  3. Pretty Pink – My 5-year-old niece tells me that pink is for girls.
  4. Jade Green – Hmm… green… this looks nice.
  5. Cherry Red – Red looks good. I like it.
  6. Passion Purple – Purple is too loud for me.
  7. Ice Blue – Blue seems plain and boring too.

So, I was down to two colors for my Mini 10v. Do I want a green ‘apple’ or a red ‘apple’? I was leaning towards Cherry Red. So, instead of deciding, I asked my wife. She said the color ‘Green’ is good for your eyes. I’m not sure how much truth is in her statement, but, that’s how I decided to get the Jade Green Dell Mini 10v.

Cherry Red Dell Mini 10v - First runner up.

Cherry Red Dell Mini 10v - First runner up.

Jade Green Dell Mini 10v - The Winner

Jade Green Dell Mini 10v - The Winner

Do you have a Dell Mini 10v too? What color did you choose and why?

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