May 14th, 2009
10.5.7 increases hackintosh battery life
It was less than 48 hours ago that I reported that Mac OS 10.5.7 was causing grief for some hackintosh owners who couldn’t wait to install Apple’s latest update on their netbooks.
What a difference two days makes.
MyDellMini Forums member “conq” has found a solution for installing 10.5.7 on the Del Mini 9:
- Download the installer, don’t use Software Update.
- Install 10.5.7, in my case i downloaded the Combo.
- Let it reboot.
- At the boot screen use the -x to enter Safe Mode.
- After in Safe Mode run DellEFI.
- Reinstall the Mini 9 Extensions and remove custom dsdt.aml file.
- Reboot.
- At the boot screen use the -x to enter Safe Mode.
- After in Safe Mode run DellEFI.
- Install custom dsdt.aml file.
- Reboot.
But it gets better.
A thread in the MSI Wind Forums on 10.5.7 Battery Life claims that Mac OS X 10.5.7 can provide a significant boost to battery-life on hackintoshes. Poster “jackobus” claims that 10.5.7 boosted battery performance on an MSI Wind from 3.5 to 4.5 hours. Another poster
On 10.5.6 I was getting about 3 hr 45 min to a charge. With 10.5.7 I now get 5 hr 5 min
If accurate this amounts to increase of 33% with that machine’s a six-cell 4400 mAh battery — which is staggering.
So far, no battery love for the Dell Mini 9/Vostro A90 hackintoshers though. Several posters in the MDM 10.5.7 thread have commented that they have not noticed any improvement in battery life on that machine. Which is a bummer.
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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