iQO – The Ultra Mobile Mac!

Posted on 29 April 2008, Last updated on 25 May 2015 by

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I was of the understanding that Leopard  wouldn’t run on VIA but maybe I’m wrong. Either that or this is a nice little remote-desktop scam!

The Leopard install is legitimate and works quite well.  However, I am still working on two final issues which are video resolution, presently limited to 800×480, and wwan which I have not yet attempted.  Sound, wifi, power management, and usb are working fine and the system is very responsive.

I don’t know what to say at this point. Take a look at the video and make your own mind up about it. Real or Not?

Source: OQOTalk.

5 Comments For This Post

  1. turn.self.off says:

    from what i understand, the only thing that stops osx from running on a bog standard pc (except for drivers) are that its made to use EFI, not good old bios.

    but as i understand it, there are ways around that…

  2. aerialviews007 says:

    That boot up time is horribly slow. It’s slower than my iBook 500G3 from 2001.

  3. Dave P says:

    If you’re interested, there’s a bit more information on the OQOTalk board:

    http://www.oqotalk.com/index.php/topic,2430.0/topicseen.html

  4. beware116 says:

    I’m curious which model OQO this is running on. The WiBrain B1 runs on the exact same chipset. I would REALLY love an OQO model 02, but I’ve decided to settle with the WiBrain B1LE.

  5. jamesd256 says:

    Chippy, not sure if you were joking, but if it’s a fake, someone’s gone to alot of effort.

    To me, it’s obviously real, but then I have installed Osx86 on my bog standard PC. Everything is running fine, and it beats the pants off XP as an audio workstation.

    Some of you may not know, but there’s quite a big base of hackers packaging drivers and tweaks. When it comes to installing Osx on a given machine. I don’t think it’s so much about the CPU, but more about the chipset and other hardware.

    I can see me trying this on my Wibrain and seeing how far I get.

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