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Maximizing your battery’s life cycle

November 5th, 2011

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Admit it: the Inspiron 1525 is an aging laptop. For many of you, it’s probably pushing its third year. Laptop batteries, much like most Dell laptops, only have a 1-year life expectancy. After that first year, their capacity begins to slowly decrease. For anyone still using the original battery, I laud you; mine stopped holding […]

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Beautifying Chameleon with two lines of code

June 19th, 2011

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Chameleon is undoubtedly the favorite bootloader among hackintosh users and dual-booters alike. With native support for OS X, Windows, and Linux, an eye-catching selection screen, and support for advanced boot flags, Chameleon does it all. Version 2 saw vast aesthetic improvements over version 1, ditching the command line for a graphical user interface (GUI). One […]

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Updating your Hackintosh/Hackbook to Snow Leopard 10.6.7 + 10.6.7 SleepEnabler.kext

March 21st, 2011

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Earlier today, Apple released the 7th update to its Snow Leopard operating system. The update boasts a few minor bugs that most are likely unaffected by, though it’s worth updating, even if only for the satisfaction of running the latest version of the OS. Much like the previous Snow Leopard update, 10.6.6, the update is […]

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Updating your Hackintosh/Hackbook to Snow Leopard 10.6.6

January 6th, 2011

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Update: A few users have reported the App Store becoming unresponsive when attempting to install apps. I was able to install the Twitter app without issue, as have a few other users. Feel free to report any issues in the comments below. Hackintosh users rejoice! 10.6.6 was released for Snow Leopard users earlier today (Kernel 10.6.0), adding […]

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Dell Inspiron 1525 Snow Leopard Hackintosh/Hackbook Pro Installation Guide!

September 4th, 2009

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Snow Leopard, Apple’s next OS in their lineup after Leopard, was recently released. Thanks to the widespread hackintosh development of Leopard, Snow Leopard can also be installed on your PC. Fortunately, this OS is quite easy to install (much easier than Leopard) and, for the first time on the 1525, we will be booting a […]

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