How to Install Retail Snow Leopard on a Gateway NV53A24U

I finally installed OS X on my laptop, and it runs better than I thought it would. You can thank John, who commented on my previous post, for making me want to do this. I’ve had two other AMD hackintoshes, and this is the quickest one I’ve had. However, there are a few things you [...] Read more »

Almost Got OS X on a Gateway NV53A

I was looking at Prasys’ blog, and I found a post about a newer EFI Boot CD that’s supposed to be better than Empire EFI called ModCD. I saw that it supports both Intel and AMD machines, so I tried it out on my laptop and actually got the Snow Leopard install disc to boot. [...] Read more »

Gateway NV53A Review

I finally replaced my laptop that’s needed to be replaced for about a year now. The inverter board was shot so the screen rarely worked, and the last hinge finally broke. So far this laptop has been great, it’s pretty quick and hasn’t given me any problems yet. Here are the full specs on my [...] Read more »

Gateway NV53A Unboxing Photos

Here are the unboxing photos of my new Gateway laptop. I will do a review as soon as I get a chance. Specs: 15.6″ 16:9 screen Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 2.10 GHz AMD Athlon 4GB DDR3 RAM ATI Mobility Radeon 4250 256MB 320GB HDD Tweet Read more »

Mac Mini vs Other Space-Saving PC’s

As some of you may know, Apple refreshed the Mac mini a few weeks ago. With this refresh, they increased the price to almost $700. I’m going to compare the specs of the Mac mini with some space-saving desktops from other brands to see if the mini is really worth the high price Apple charges. [...] Read more »