Category Archives: MacOS X

OSX on a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2 – again

Posted on January 22, 2010 by blogmywiki

(behold my – working! – boot-up options, using the old-skool classic GRUB bootloader) I’ve given up trying to get the audio to work on OS X on my IdeaPad’s msiWindOSX install. Could not get Audieee to work. A 10.5.5 update … Continue reading →

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Triple-boot OS X, WindowsXP and Linux on a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2

Posted on January 5, 2010 by blogmywiki

The aim: to get my Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook to allow me to boot into Mac OS X, Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix as and when I need each OS – and to get a nice clean Windows install … Continue reading →

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Why is Windows WiFi so slow?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by blogmywiki

A friend of mine has just bought a netbook – a Samsung… I tell everyone I love my Lenovo and they buy Samsungs anyway – and he noticed how slow its wireless networking was compared to his MacBook. I fired … Continue reading →

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Hands on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Posted on September 13, 2009 by blogmywiki

Times are hard and my Apple PowerBook G4 is on its last pixels… its Firewire port doesn’t work, I think the Bluetooth is bust and the final straw was the screen – most of the time two thirds of it … Continue reading →

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WiFi forgetfulness solved

Posted on September 24, 2008 by blogmywiki

Following a security update, my PowerBook kept losing its wireless connection when waking from sleep or starting up. This was a pain as my WiFi base station doesn’t transmit its SSID and I had to enter its name and long … Continue reading →

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