HP Mini 311: New “It” Guy Among HP Mini Hackintoshes
The minute his mug shots came abound the net, we’ve been smitten by him.
We’ve drooled at him.
Fantasized about him.
Wondered which method would work on him: Vanilla/Retail or hacked distro? Leopard or Snow Leopard?
Okay, so that sentence before this one relieves you who are reading this post. Well, Mr. HP Mini 311 is good hackintosh candidate.
Some dudes (or dudettes) have been lucky enough to get their paws on this promising HP Mini version and have gotten OS X installed:
It certainly appears that the much coveted graphics prowess which Ion bundle (Atom N280 + ION LE) promises to deliver works fine under OS X:
from superviza @ insanelymac
Wooo Hooo !!!
I got 1366 x 768 working !!! (looks amazing)
I used osx86 tools to insert a custom EFI string….
Let me know how you go…
The WiFi card is reportedly the same Broadcom 4315 which we love because the hacked IO80211Family.kext supports that module.
Ok, so that’s about 3 components down (procie, video, wlan) but there remain a lot more stuff like audio, webcam, and that incorrigible internal mic.
On a personal note, this news is definitely good news for me. I adore the make and finish of HP netbooks and since MacBook Wind is at home, sitting at my “mini office” desk as it torrents away while I’m here about 100 plus kilometers away from it, I’ll say it:
MacBook Mini feels way more solid in my hands than MacBook Wind and I’ve never felt it would suddenly fall apart in my own hands as I’ve more than once felt the latter would. ;)
So if push comes to shove and circumstances leave me no choice but to purchase a new netbook, either to satisfy a need or perhaps a want, I hope it’s still an HP.
But then again, if it ain’t hackintoshable. . .oh well.
October 23, 2009 - 2:25 pm
I have a question, after the vanilla setup, the HP mini will run directly into OS X just like any Mac? So can i use boot camp to install XP, and dual boot like a regular mac? or i have to use the regular patched bootloader to boot? Please educate me. i want to make my Mini 311 so that it will act like a real mac, and i also want XP at the same time? thanx
October 23, 2009 - 8:06 pm
No, you can’t run bootcamp on a hackintosh. But you can dual boot Mac OS X with Win XP and you’re right, it would have to be via a bootloader like Chameleon or PC_EFI or even other emerging ones like Boot Think. And also you’d have to think about the partition table of the hard drive you’re installing your dual-boot on. Win XP is not considered a “modern” OS (unlike Win 7) so it won’t install on GUID partitioned HDD which is what Snow Leopard installs on by default.
Snow Leo + Win 7 = ok to use GUID
Snow Leo + Win XP = Use MBR partition table; modify Snow Leo installer (OSInstall.mpkg -> search this on the net)
Leopard + Win XP = Leopard works ok with MBR
October 27, 2009 - 1:43 pm
Thanx for clearing the info. So if i want SL+Win7. I should use GUID partition, install OS X first, then Win7 or other way around? and what’s the best/easiest bootloader?
October 28, 2009 - 1:02 am
Check out this guide:
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dual-booting-guides/12656-how-dual-booting-snow-leopard-windows-7-a.html
It’s for the Dell Mini 10v but could also work with your HP Mini; just make some changes in the procedure to fit your setup – kexts and other config.
October 29, 2009 - 1:05 pm
is anyone out there willing to write up a hp mini 311 for leopard with links and all?
One does not exisit and who ever does will get a boatload of hits from google
October 30, 2009 - 10:34 pm
We are going to try and put one together this next week, if possible…
October 31, 2009 - 10:54 am
LeMaurien19, I have use the similar method to instsall SL/Win7. just a note, to dualboot, u need the EasyBCD beta verison, the current not beta doesnt boot into SL.
Anyway, can some one point me to the SL drive and kext need for HP 311. I try some of the HP mini 1000 kext, and it doesn’t really work. and it makes the bootup time much slower. thanx all
October 31, 2009 - 11:27 am
thanks for that clarification, wayne. I’m not sure about the 311’s kext but you can visit the insanelymac thread : http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=189621&pid=1296786
November 2, 2009 - 9:34 pm
Finally after all work. i manage to get dualboot Win7+SL on the mini 311. now just need to find the driver for the wifi. Anyway, i will try to post a guide for the complete setup.
November 2, 2009 - 10:22 pm
here is the guide i made
http://rapidshare.com/files/301661933/HP311_dualboot.txt
have fun.
November 2, 2009 - 10:56 pm
My mini 311 wifi card is bcm94312hmg, can anyone tell me if this card will work in Snow Leopard? or i need to replace it with a full length card. If it works, can you tell me how. TY
December 29, 2009 - 4:00 am
can u install this on a acer aspire one a0751h
and still have all the w.lan …. etc working
January 9, 2010 - 8:40 am
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January 21, 2010 - 12:35 am
i have a hp mini 311 but it has win 7 and the full ion will osx still work or are there different procedures that need to be done.
January 21, 2010 - 6:19 am
Guys, search function?
And this site’s lay out is very intuitive I think 
http://mymacbookmini.com/guides/hp-mini-311/dualboot-snow-leopard-windows-7-guide/