I fancy buying a used netbook and loading OS X onto it. I know there a lot of forums out there but before I go and read through all of them I was wondering if anyone on here has succesfully put OS X on their netbook?

You will not be able to use the latest version of OSX (Lion) on any netbook as it checks that you are running on a genuine machine before it will install. I could not even install it into a VM on my desktop whereas Snow Leopard worked fine.

You'll need to be very specific in the netbook you buy, not all will support the install. Some will install but the drivers will not be in the OS, read very carefully what others have succeeded in getting to work and buy one of those.

The install itself can be very tricky to achieve, that is once you have got an appropriate install disk. You'll need the retail version of Snow Leopard, a disk supplied with a new Mac is no good as its tied to the hardware.

Do not install any OS updates until someone else has tested them, and found a way to get them to work.

I gave up with all the hassle on my Windows PC, so now have a proper iMac and it beats my hackintosh in every way.

Now I have a 2010 Macbook Pro with 8GB Ram, 2011 27" iMac with 16GB ram, and an iPhone 4.

Sounds like madness to me.

The biggest reason Macs are soo reliable, is theres soo little hardware, so its very easy to write good reliable drivers for everything. If you start putting Apple software, on non-Apple hardware, your just ruining one of its biggest advantages.

You will not be able to use the latest version of OSX (Lion) on any netbook as it checks that you are running on a genuine machine before it will install. I could not even install it into a VM on my desktop whereas Snow Leopard worked fine.

You'll need to be very specific in the netbook you buy, not all will support the install. Some will install but the drivers will not be in the OS, read very carefully what others have succeeded in getting to work and buy one of those.

The install itself can be very tricky to achieve, that is once you have got an appropriate install disk. You'll need the retail version of Snow Leopard, a disk supplied with a new Mac is no good as its tied to the hardware.

Do not install any OS updates until someone else has tested them, and found a way to get them to work.

I gave up with all the hassle on my Windows PC, so now have a proper iMac and it beats my hackintosh in every way.

Now I have a 2010 Macbook Pro with 8GB Ram, 2011 27" iMac with 16GB ram, and an iPhone 4.

Thanks for that. Thats answered one of my questions, not that I asked it, about whether I would need a retail disc or not. I would like to buy a MAC but to be honest the cost involved in buying one just now would be best spent somewhere else at the mo.

I had a copy of OSX, (can't remember the version, but could find out) running in a VM on my AMD laptop. It worked. . .of sorts. Not too fond of USB stuff from what I can remember, and if I tried to use more than 1 core, it would fail to boot. As a result, it was reeeeeeally slow.

Hated the operating system anyway, so never put any real effort into trying to get it any faster. I'd try one first properly if you haven't already, before taking the plunge and buying a license. Or you could go Hackingtosh I guess. . .

Or you could go Hackingtosh I guess. . .

Thats what i'm thinking. Something like a Dell 10v. Apparantly everything runs "out of the box"