OQO e2 caught running Leopard
The OQO e2 is marketed as a fully featured pocket-sized PC. Featuring a five-inch WVGA LCD sliding screen, the device is powered by a 1.6GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM running at 533MHz. There's also full support for 3G HDSPA, 802.11a/b/g wireless and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. Available with a 60, 80 or 120GB HDD, or with a 32GB SSD, the OQO e2 is supplied with Windows Vista as standard. All this and yet it measures just 14.2cm wide by 8.4cm tall and 2.6cm deep, weighing in at just 454 grams. Until a hacker posted a blurry video on YouTube that does appear to show a OQO device genuinely running Leopard. He says he is still working on two final issues, which are video resolution, presently limited to 800 x 480, and WWAN that he hasn't yet attempted. Sound, Wi-Fi, power management and USB are working fine and the system is very responsive.
According to the man behind the conversion, it's an ongoing project and not quite everything is running smoothly as yet, although he indicates that the potential is there for a full conversion.
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