Lenovo S10 running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – Hackintosh

Comment from jimbo
Time: November 1, 2009, 3:48 am

I can confirm this absolutely works with minimal fuss. I did this using an SD Card on my Lenovo S10e using Snow Leopard and it runs very nicely compared to the MS bottleneck that was on there before.

Comment from GGeek
Time: November 1, 2009, 10:57 pm

I can also confirm this works on a plain ol’ S10, and is BY FAR the easiest netbook to hack for Snow Leopard. And almost every hardware component works, even two-finger scrolling!

Important note: the guide you linked doesn’t mention that the S10 enabler has to be installed FROM a Mac running Leopard or higher. I tried installing it on my prepared USB key from a Tiger machine, and it bombed with no explanation. Tried it from a MacBook running 10.5, and everything was smooth sailing.

One other thing the guide doesn’t mention: I didn’t have problems with Setup Assistant as expected, but the installer couldn’t ID the keyboard I was using. When it gave me the option, I chose “Standard 102-key US,” and it’s been perfectly usable. Even the Fn keys work as labeled. I haven’t mapped every key yet, but know that the “Alt” key is now the Command key.

Last note, to those of you who need Ethernet in your netbook, I’d suggest picking up an Apple USB to Ethernet adapter (made for the MB Air). Mine’s on the way, and I’ll report back if it doesn’t work.

…I think that’s it from me. Have fun!

Comment from Gertie
Time: November 6, 2009, 8:46 am

The only thing you thats forgotten to mention is re the existing partitions.. as there is also one with the LENOVO with its software.. of whole 30+ Gb… and then there is the partition with Windows.. and another hidden one.. so is it ok to repartition ALL of the HDD(meaning that with the included Restore disk from Lenovo you can later, if you wish so, to restore the full “out of box state” of the S10 or not)..? As IN ORDER to installl SLeo, you have to use the Disk Utility to erase the Windows partition to enable it for initial install anyway.. so could easily also use the extra space as well repartitioning the whole HDD as Mac OS Extended Journaled…just to finalize the tutorial!
UPD: the whole process went ok.. couldnt find the Trackpad settings at first-it was just below th evisible field ))
re the LENOVO partition-its just the Win drivers from Lenovo for all the hardware-same as on the disc that came with the unit.. will redo from start all, giving Leopard the full space to breathe..

Comment from Catie
Time: November 10, 2009, 2:03 am

I followed the instruction and successfully installed Snow Leopard on my S10, but as I still need to run Windows XP sometimes due to certain websites are made for IE only, how can I book up from Windows? Now every time it boots up to Snow Leopard directly.

I tried to install Chameleon RC2 but the installation failed, which I could not figure out why yet.

Anyone managed to solve the issue above, please share. Thanks.

Comment from Dan
Time: November 10, 2009, 8:14 pm

You’ll need to select the Mac partition as the primary partition. You can do this easiest by opening Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk Management – then right click the Mac partition and select “Mark this partition as Active”. It should reboot into the Mac.

Comment from myiphonereview
Time: January 17, 2010, 11:43 pm

I tried installing Snow Leopard on my Lenovo S10-2 and was successful. First, i tried with the MSIWindosx86.iso installation, and got 10.5.4 working on my laptop but had loads of problem running software updates. Later, i tried with the SL Retail DVD method, and the installation was flawless. I am now running SL 10.6.2 with the latest updates on my S10-2, and also running Xcode developing iphone apps on my intel based laptop. I posted some of my sharings on how i made SNOW LEOPARD on S10-2 on my website, if you needed detail info pls visit

http://www.myiphonereview.com

Hope it helps

Comment from myiphonereview
Time: January 17, 2010, 11:43 pm

Hi. I tried installing Snow Leopard on my Lenovo S10-2 and was successful. First, i tried with the MSIWindosx86.iso installation, and got 10.5.4 working on my laptop but had loads of problem running software updates. Later, i tried with the SL Retail DVD method, and the installation was flawless. I am now running SL 10.6.2 with the latest updates on my S10-2, and also running Xcode developing iphone apps on my intel based laptop. I posted some of my sharings on how i made SNOW LEOPARD on S10-2 on my website, if you needed detail info pls visit

http://www.myiphonereview.com

Hope it helps

Comment from Redo
Time: February 20, 2010, 2:17 pm

Has anyone tried the apple app SDK developer tools? were you able to submit your app and get accepted by Apple?