Recommended model?

[shippo0708]

obviously im a newb in this department

I want to buy one of these netbooks but im still having mixed feelings on which to get.
My main goal is to get one that'll run 10.6.7 with very few things not working (i have a working wifi card i can swap out since that appears to be the main thing that breaks for people)

but besides that what model works best on 10.6.7

thanks

[rolf]

If you'll buy a S10 or S10e you will be fine with OS X. One reason for the S10(e) is, that it's the most compatible model and the Enabler is designed for the S10(e) model. Also another reason to buy the S10(e) is, that you'll get them quite cheap (but I don't know if any shop still sells new ones - but used units on ebay should be quite cheap)

[shippo0708]

ahh so there hasnt been any higher working success with the s10-2 or s10-3 yet?

alright, it'll be a few weeks but ill look into getting a cheap s10(e) then, unless persuaded otherwise

[rolf]

Am not quite sure about the S10-2 and -3 models - but I've read from some persons here, that they didn't hat success on their S10-3 :S

[shippo0708]

ahh that sucks.... but maybe someone with an s10-2 -3 will pop up here and give some feedback within the next week or so

thanks

[rolf]

Well I can only confirm, that the S10e works fine here with 10.6.7. However there is one negative point about the S10(e): Both do only use the Atom N270 processor, so no EM64T (64-bit) support.

That's important because Apple may drops the 32-bit-support in their OS X Lion operating system (but so far nobody knows - the developer previews still run on 32-bit machines, but maybe that's going to be changed in the final version)
And that would mean, that the S10e probably wouldn't be able to run OS X Lion (if they really drop it)

Just wanted to add that

[shippo0708]

meh lol

for the most part i was gonna use snow leopard since a 10inch screen doesnt really appeal to me for lion so id only really want to run it on my imac

but hmm i guess ill do a bit more research on it

[shippo0708]

i kno i mentioned something along the lines of not caring about lion, but im slowly leaning toward a s10-3(t) so i can atleast have 64-bit ability but the success rate is a lil scary

[rolf]

Which graphics card does the S10-3(t) use? Is it a Intel GMA950 like the S10(e) uses?

And by the way: Talking again about Lion: To be honest - either it's Lion itself and the lack of drivers on my S10e or it's the Atom N270 in it - Lion runs quite notably slower than Snow Leopard on the same machine (but like I said, I'm not sure which one of both is the reason for that )

[shippo0708]

GMA3150 i believe

s10-3t
Intel Atom N470
Windows 7
10.1" High-Def LED display
Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
2gb DDR2 DRAM
2x USB, 6x1 card reader, RJ45, VGA, Stereo jacks
1.3M web cam
bluetooth/wifi

s10-3
Intel Atom N470
Windows 7
10.1" High-Def LED Display
Intel GMA 3150 Graphics
2gb DDR2 DRAM
3x USB, 5x1 Card reader, RJ45, VGA, Stereo jacks
1.3/0.3M webcam
bluetooth/wifi