Success!
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Woooooooo!! Victory! :)
I finally got wireless working on my new computer (which, that reminds me, I haven't even reviewed on here yet). I had to replace the wireless card so I could put Linux/Mac OS X on it, and Windows was being silly and not recognizing any of the drivers I downloaded or even the one on the CD that came with the wireless card.
Anyway I'm very happy. I'm not really used to messing with computer hardware, I've only owned Macs and they haven't needed tinkering. Fortunately I waited a while to get this computer and all of the tricky bits I've run into so far have been documented. This is a good thing because these little green chips that keep coming in the mail and need to be plugged in in particular ways are still a total mystery.
(I wonder if English is the only language that makes you repeat words like that "in in" in the sentence above. Ha, there we go again.)
Pictures soon but it's one of those itty-bitty inexpensive computers ("ultra mobile pcs") all these companies have been coming out with lately. It's called the MSI Wind and it's pretty darn cute. They are really hard to get in the U. S., I suppose because the dollar is low and companies aren't really targeting the U. S. market anymore? The one I finally found was what they called the "Love Edition," so my laptop is shimmery white with little hearts on the back, hehe. I feel out of place in my computer science classes. :) Seriously it's the perfect computer, and if I can succeed at making it a Hackintosh I'll be even happier.
I finally got wireless working on my new computer (which, that reminds me, I haven't even reviewed on here yet). I had to replace the wireless card so I could put Linux/Mac OS X on it, and Windows was being silly and not recognizing any of the drivers I downloaded or even the one on the CD that came with the wireless card.
Anyway I'm very happy. I'm not really used to messing with computer hardware, I've only owned Macs and they haven't needed tinkering. Fortunately I waited a while to get this computer and all of the tricky bits I've run into so far have been documented. This is a good thing because these little green chips that keep coming in the mail and need to be plugged in in particular ways are still a total mystery.
(I wonder if English is the only language that makes you repeat words like that "in in" in the sentence above. Ha, there we go again.)
Pictures soon but it's one of those itty-bitty inexpensive computers ("ultra mobile pcs") all these companies have been coming out with lately. It's called the MSI Wind and it's pretty darn cute. They are really hard to get in the U. S., I suppose because the dollar is low and companies aren't really targeting the U. S. market anymore? The one I finally found was what they called the "Love Edition," so my laptop is shimmery white with little hearts on the back, hehe. I feel out of place in my computer science classes. :) Seriously it's the perfect computer, and if I can succeed at making it a Hackintosh I'll be even happier.
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