a note on mirror display - its a killer for my machine as well, which is fine because i like the screen-spanning. i was experimenting for a bit and found that when i switch to mirror mode and everything goes crazy it is very hard to get back to normal. to do this i had to constantly unplug/plug in the monitor and manage to open the menu bar icon for displays and switch mirroring off. because both screens become so garbled in mirror mode this was a little bit difficult.
hope that helps.

also - elalitte - i am going to checkout the logitech set right now. i was eyeing the motorola dj style bluetooth here
http://www.bestcellaccessories.com/motorol..._source=froogle

I managed with this. I used switchres, assign a key for the menu bar, put switchres on the left of the menu.
When you get scrambled, just push the key you assigned to the menu bar, you'll get in the switchres menu, hit "-" key so that you go to the "go back to the best resolution", and you've got your screen back, then you can switch to multiple screens.
Anyway, this couldn't help me with the projector
Most of the time when I plug the projector, it freezes the machine. It only worked once in 800*600.


Maybe you can just get the jack to usb adapter and use your preferate headset.

Re Monitor crashing problems.

I find that my Advent crashes EVERY time I plug in my Dell 17" display...
However, I've found that if the machine is put to sleep, then plug the monitor in, wake up, then the Advent works 100% every time. It's a slight pain, but it works well.
When I've got the second monitor plugged in, finder auto reconfigures my desktop and the Dell becomes my main screen with little one becoming the secondary display.

I've also got a simple little soundcard fix for the headphone & mic problem - got a tiny USB dongle shipped from China all inclusive for £1.94! a bargain!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-to-Mic-Speak...1742.m153.l1262

First post from a newbie computer guy, so this question may sound a bit dumb, I am looking at buying a Wind U100 and trying to follow Paul's installation guide. As I only have a slow dial up internet connection , am I right in thinking that its going to be impossible for me to download the Kalyway 10.5.2 from the internet , is there another way I can get the Kalyway 10.5.2 ?

Thanks - William

Hey Paul Gr8 work im just about to install now

very quick question, it would be gr8 if yourself or anybody on this forum could tell me the answer:)

How Much Hard Drive Space Does The Install Of the kelyway 10.5.2 plus the 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 update take up all together?

I just need to know so i know how much to partition my hard drive =]

Im hoping to duel boot windows vista with Mac OS X on the standard 80 GB Hard Drive.


Many Thanks

Ash

On my MBP, the Keyboard prefs have an option to 'use f1 etc as function keys'.

On my Wind after installing MSIWindOSx86, it doesn't have that option, and the FN keys already behave as standard function keys.

Is it possible somehow to get them to behave as their special function by default, ie. so they only behave as f1 etc if I hold down the fn key?

i cant find the kalyway 10.5.2 or 10.5.3 torrents anywhere. is there anyway that you can help me?

I'm trying to get Coolbook to work on my MSI Wind and am not having much luck. When I install it, I just get a dialog box with empty values that I can't change... I've uninstalled and reinstalled 2 times with the same results. Any ideas?

Regards,
Julie Strietelmeier
http://the-gadgeteer.com
http://ukulelereview.com

The kalyway torrents are available via The Pirate Bay (I'm not linking to it but the URL is obvious), and to answer another question, the main 10.5.2 installer file is 3.66GB in size which would take weeks to download using a dial up connection; indeed it takes several hours to download everything that's required using a fairly fast broadband connection. One idea could be to borrow someone's wi-fi connection (by legitimate means I might add) for a few hours in order to download them, although that connection has to support BitTorrent downloading which is probably not the case with the free wi-fi that's sometimes available in the vicinity of pubs and restaurants.

I haven't got round to trying out the install yet because I still haven't bought an Advent 4211; PC World Business (which still appears to be the cheapest although the price has recently gone up) are unsurprisingly out of stock and are presumably waiting for new stock that may also feature a 120GB hard drive upgrade. Will Currys/Dixons/PC World pricematch their PC World Business division?

PCWB will be £276 delivered (remember the VAT). I got mine from PC world retail on saturday, they priced matched the link so I got it for £270. Or you can just order from the link, it's £280 there, but you can use the code "LINK10" to get a tenner off.

EDIT:

A question for those running a new wifi card, what are you running, and does WPA work ok? Trying to decide between a 1490 (cheap) a 1500, or an apple one (may not work right in windows? need to look into that)

My hero !
Your solution works fine and I'm able to use my medion on a projector. Thanks a lot !
For the screen mess, you can use SwitchRes which has a "remember the desktop" option so that you can get all clean in a click.
I'm just waiting for my wifi card and my medion will be the perfect machine

I've got every boot the strange problem of Battery not recognised, i must reinstall every time the BatteryKext. There's a solution? I've searched and the tip of reconstruct the kextcache is not a fix.

Anyone has resolved this?

I've got every boot the strange problem of Battery not recognised, i must reinstall every time the BatteryKext. There's a solution? I've searched and the tip of reconstruct the kextcache is not a fix.

Anyone has resolved this?

This:

http://www.hutsby.net/2008/08/osx-screen-r...n-msi-wind.html

Seemed to fix the issue for me. Of course the other option would be to change the scripts to reinstall the battery kext on reboot/shutdown instead of just forcing the cache to rebuild.

I've officially been converted to mac! Thanks paul for this great guide. I only have one issue. I can't seem to play any dvd's or play any avi files under osx. things like you tube work fine but i cant play video files. i have vlc installed so i know its not a codec issue. any ideas?

You need to register it to get it to work.

Hey guys,

Just a quick question ive seen this page on the realtek website for the factory wifi card in the advent.

Just wondered if this driver at the very bottom of the page under "other" for mac 10.5.4 would work instead of changing the wifi card over??

any help with this would be great.


http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downlo...GetDown=false#7

Hi,

Has anyone tried upgrading to iTunes 8 on the wind ?

Please, anyone has resolved the problem of the battery kext?

I have try all...but nothing. At every boot the kext is not loaded.

I'm the only with this problem?

I solved it, but it's a bit of a hack.

Create (or append to) /etc/rc.shutdown.local and /etc/rc.reboot.local (make sure they're executable) with this:

Which will ensure the kext is re-installed whenever you shutdown or reboot. You can probably leave out the backup line at the start.