The JooJoo tablet might not have been the iPad-killer that its original creators were hoping for, but some users are finding interesting things to do with their new gadget - including creating what many were hoping the iPad would actually be: a tablet running a full copy of Mac OS X.
The feat was carried out by JooJoo forums user HighJinx - via MacStories - and makes use of the fact that the JooJoo uses an x86-compatible Intel Atom processor, rather than the ARM-based chip found in the official iPad, to install a 'hackintosh' copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard onto the gadget.
HighJinx readily admits that it's not a perfect system quite yet: as the JooJoo only has 4GB of space for OS installation, the somewhat portly Snow Leopard had to go on something of an enforced diet - and as there are no official Mac OS X drivers for the touch-screen's controller, there is some development work required before the concept of a true Mac OS X tablet is fully realised.
HighJinx describes the process - which involved shrinking the installation size by removing unnecessary language files and other non-essential parts of the operating system - as "quite the pain to get it [Mac OS X Snow Leopard] installed," but offers other users the encouragement that "it is possible" to do so with a bit of fiddling.
Are you impressed by HighJinx's work, or just disappointed that Apple didn't see the demand for such a device in the first place? Is this what you had hoped the iPad would be? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
The feat was carried out by JooJoo forums user HighJinx - via MacStories - and makes use of the fact that the JooJoo uses an x86-compatible Intel Atom processor, rather than the ARM-based chip found in the official iPad, to install a 'hackintosh' copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard onto the gadget.
HighJinx readily admits that it's not a perfect system quite yet: as the JooJoo only has 4GB of space for OS installation, the somewhat portly Snow Leopard had to go on something of an enforced diet - and as there are no official Mac OS X drivers for the touch-screen's controller, there is some development work required before the concept of a true Mac OS X tablet is fully realised.
HighJinx describes the process - which involved shrinking the installation size by removing unnecessary language files and other non-essential parts of the operating system - as "quite the pain to get it [Mac OS X Snow Leopard] installed," but offers other users the encouragement that "it is possible" to do so with a bit of fiddling.
Are you impressed by HighJinx's work, or just disappointed that Apple didn't see the demand for such a device in the first place? Is this what you had hoped the iPad would be? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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