Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Is it possible to change a Generic Notebook Operating System to function as if it were a laptop or a pc?

I recently purchased a notebook on ebay %26amp; i'm noticing the operating system its running (windows CE 5.0) isn't all that good, so I was wondering if there was anyway to change the operating system to windows xp %26amp; up or perhaps even a Mac operating system. Will I have to hack it? If so, how would I go by doing that? Any information given will be helpful.



2 get you informed on which notebook i'm talking about the item in question can be found here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-7-Mini-Netbook-Laptop-Notebook-WIFI-Windows-2GB-HD_W0QQitemZ220537815882QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Netbooks?hash=item335914034aQQautorefreshZtrue



ThanksIs it possible to change a Generic Notebook Operating System to function as if it were a laptop or a pc?
Ouch. With a two GB hard drive and worse, 128mb of RAM, you're going to have a hard time with a more powerful operating system. Windows CE is mostly used on phones, and the hardware you're running is about the power many phones have in them, so it's appropriate.



Look your netbook over carefully and see if you can swap out the hard drive and ram for something bigger. If you can get the ram up to 512 mb and the hard drive (which is probably an SD card) up to 4 GB, you can run Ubuntu for Netbooks or XP home. XP home can technically run with your specs: it might be rather slow, but it's worth a try.



Edit: I checked the more detailed specs, and you can't turn that computer into a hackintosh. Only intel processors support the Mac OS.



Good luck!Is it possible to change a Generic Notebook Operating System to function as if it were a laptop or a pc?
It is easy, If you have the installation disk already, simply insert it into the disk drive then restart your computer. On the reboot, press either f10 or f11(It should say which on the screen somewhere) then select to run from disc or even install the new operating system.

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