April 29th, 2008
OQO hacked to run Leopard
OQO Talk claims that a junior member has successfully hacked the OQO to run Mac OS X Leopard.
In case you’re not familiar, OQO developed several subnotebooks that have the functionality of a tablet PC in a form-factor slightly larger than a PDA. According to Guinness World Records, the OQO is the smallest full-powered, full-featured personal computer. OQO was founded by the creators of the PowerBook G4 Titanium (a.k.a. “TiBook”) after Apple refused to let them develop a tiny mobile Macintosh.
The OQO video is blurrier than the Zapruder film, but according to the story will dual-boot Windows Vista and OS X – Leopard boots in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. WiFi, sound, power management and Bluetooth all work. A video excerpt is posted at Engadget.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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