Ever wanted a 59-key keyboard small enough for wearables? A developer has created one that’s roughly the size of a Raspberry Pi Pico board, and it’s designed to work with one. Meanwhile Microsoft is following through on its promise to make Surface hardware more repairable… at least for one device. Google is now offering release […]
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This DIY macOS handheld is the portable Mac Apple won’t build
Apple’s iPads and MacBooks have the same processors these days, and you can even run iOS apps on a Mac… but you cannot run Mac apps on an iPad or iPhone because Apple continues to draw a distinction between Macs (laptops and desktops without touchscreens) and iOS devices (touch-first tablets and phones). But all of […]
LattePanda Alpha Hackintosh: you can install macOS on this tiny PC
The LattePanda Alpha is a tiny computer that measures about 4.3″ x 3.1″ x 0.5″ and a starting price of $298, but which has the same processor as an entry-level 2016 MacBook or 2017 Microsoft Surface Pro. LattePanda ran a Kickstarter campaign last year to raise money for the Alpha, and earlier this month the company […]
Cintiq Companion 2 hacked to become an OS X graphics tablet
Wacom’s Cintiq Companion 2 is a graphics tablet that you can connect to a Windows or Mac computer and use to draw with 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity. You can also use it as a standalone tablet though — the Cintiq Companion 2 is a fully functional PC with a 13.3 inch, 2560 x 1440 […]
Kernel patch lets OS X on run an Intel Ivy Bridge Hackintosh
Want to build a computer with the latest Intel processors and the latest version of Apple OS X? There’s a patch for that. While Apple only officially makes the OS X operating system available for Apple laptop and desktop computers, hackers have been finding ways to run the OS on third party systems ever since Apple […]
OS X Lion on the Samsung Series 7 Slate PC
The Samsung Series 7 Slate PC is a tablet with an 11.6 inch display and an Intel Core i5 processor. It has 4GB of RAM, a solid state disk, and ships with Windows 7. But the tablet has all the hardware you’d need to run a variety of operating systems including many Linux distributions or […]
Create a bootable OS X Lion installer with UniBeast (hackintosh)
We’ve looked at ways you can install Windows or Linux on almost any computer using nothing more than a USB flash drive. Now you can do the same thing with Mac OS X Lion. Developer tonymacx86 has whipped up a new tool called UniBeast that lets you turn an 8GB or larger USB flash drive […]
Axon Logic’s OS X-compatible tablet available for pre-order
Axon Logic is a Pennsylvania-based company that plans to bring a touchscreen tablet to market. Nothing too out of the ordinary there. But what makes the Axon Logic tablet different is that the company is specifically targeting users that want to install OS X on a tablet. OK, they’re not coming right out and saying […]
Could a $500 hackintosh tablet be the iPad you thought you wanted?
Sure, the Apple iPad turned out to be a 10 inch tablet with a speedy new ARM-based processor and basically the same operating system as the iPhone and iPod touch (with a few tweaks to take advantage of the larger screen). But during the last few years a ton of rumors had leaked about a […]
myMacNetbook: New web site covering hackintosh netbooks
As you’re probably aware by now, Apple has no intention of releasing a 10 inch netbook with a physical keyboard and a full version of OS X. Instead the company is focusing its mobile efforts on the iPad tablet and its iPhone/iPod touch ecosystem. But as you may also know, you can unofficially install OS […]