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I wrote about my effort to install Mac OS X on my Dell Inspiron 6400 some time back, not giving details, rather keeping it for later. I see from my analytics report that many people land on my blog searching for this. So the deal is, I was able to run it on my machine, both Kalyway, and Snow Leopard from the retail DVD. But I wasn't even remotely satisfied with the setup.

It might be too early to think about Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac but BGR has posted some screenshots that shows the development of Microsoft’s upcoming project, Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. Microsoft Office 2011 suite includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlooks. Screenshots show that each application has a ribbon almost like Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows. The interface is quite ...

Back in June, Google released the first development version of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux platforms. Mac and Linux users have been waiting for a proper release version since then, but Google has kept quite in letting out any word on when the first beta would be released. Today Google announced the availability of Google Chrome Beta for Mac OS X and Linux. You can download it from the ...

It’s  really difficult to find video converters that support cross-platform and are open-source as well. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.

Windows Live Sync went through a rough upgrade last week for the Windows client, and today they have announced Windows Live Sync for Snow Leopard! The Windows Live team has been working on a Mac upgrade for quite some time now and today they finally rolled it out for everyone and is now available for download. The official Windows Live Sync blog states:

A week ago, I shared an Adobe AIR app that let’s you have Google Wave on your desktop. Here’s another app that I have found to bring Google Wave to your desktop, but unlike Waver, this one is only for Mac OS X users.

Just a few days ago, I wrote how you can use Greasemonkey scripts on Google Chrome using a third party small tool. In the same way, I’ve found a small app to run Greasemonkey scripts on Safari in Mac OS X. GreaseKit is a SIMBL  plugin, userscript runtime that adds user scripting to Safari, Mailplane, Diet Pibb.app  and all WebKit applications.

A while ago, the Apple Store went down for sometime, and we know whenever it goes down unexpectedly, there is something new coming for us. And yes, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is now available for pre-order! Rumours have been up that Apple will start shipping OS X Snow Leopard this Friday, but there was no pre-order announcement of the product. Costumers interested in getting Mac OS X 10.6 get ...

I've made it boot actually. But I am not happy with it right now. The sound doesn't work, the resolution isn't what my graphics card would support, and the wifi won't work either. But since this was the first time I tried it on my machine, so I guess pretty good going so far.