Updating to 10.5.6...Not Yet

Apple released the update for 10.5.6, but I recommend against doing it, as people who have tried it have encountered problems.  As soon as there is a way to do it that works every time, I'll post it on the blog.  Some of the problems include messing up the resolution, and unresponsive keyboard and/or mouse.

Possible Upgrades

There are 4 things that can be upgraded in the MSI Wind.

1. Hard Drive:  The computer will take any 2.5" hard drive.  Now they go as big as 500 GB for little more than 100 Dollars at Newegg

2. Ram:  You can install up to an additional 1GB chip of DDR-2 laptop RAM for a total of 2 GB.  (Leopard runs perfectly fine on 1 GB though)

3. WiFi Card:  You could install a wireless N card from Dell, but I don't see the point now that the stock Realtek chip is working.

4. Touchscreen:  There are touchscreen kits for the Wind floating around Ebay for around 100 Dollars.  While I haven't personally seen a Wind with this installed, it sounds like a really nice upgrade.  I'll write more about it as soon as I find out more.

Still Not Working

The only things to fix now are the internal mic, and the mic port.  I'll post them as soon as they are fixed.  Hibernate is also not working, but because Apple uses an EFI based hibernation, this is not necessary.  The computer will sleep and wake instantly (faster than Apple computers), but will waste more battery when in sleep mode.

Introduction

I'm making this blog because I'm tired of having to sort though thousands of forum posts looking for the information I want on running OSX on MSI's Wind laptop.  I am not suggesting you run OSX on your unsupported laptop, this is only for educational purposes.  If you decide to do this, you do so at your own risk.  

I will be posting fixes for problems in one simple collection.  Everything I post will have been tried, and will be known to be working.

What works in this install:

USB

Ethernet

WiFi

Bluetooth

Hotkeys (for display brightness, volume, etc)

CD slot

Camera

Speakers

Headphone Out

Trackpad

Keyboard

Video Card (at native resolution too)

Video Output

Sleeping and Wake up

All updates from software update except for OS updates (10.5.4 to 10.5.5 for example)

Migration Assistant

What doesn't work

Microphone

Microphone in

OS updates need fixing after installing (10.5.4 to 10.5.5 for example)

Hibernation