Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Best Buy Acknowledges the Obvious, Displays Hackintoshed Dell Mini 9 [Honesty]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/PBwIQGiBtPw/best-buy-acknowledges-the-obvious-displays-hackintoshed-dell-mini-9

Everyone involved knows exactly why Dell won't let the Mini 9 netbook die, but nobody can outright say it, officially. That didn't stop one Best Buy—or at least, a few of its employees—from coming clean.

That's a fully Mac-ified 16GB Dell Mini 9 on display there, boldly masquerading as a "Windows XP Home" model. It's easy to understand why Dell and Best Buy can't officially market the Mini 9 as a hackintosh machine, but come on, why else would there be such demand for this outdated, outspecced, outmoded netbook? The specific Best Buy location will not be included, so whoever did this—they were just being honest!—doesn't get immediately shitcanned. Our tipster even shot a bonus video, below, for the skeptics. —Thanks, Amin!