The ups and downs of Mac OS X on a Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Happy as a proverbial clam, I turned it off, sat it aside, and — since my weekend was firmly screwed for sleep — collapsed into a heap of snoring mass.

Enter Monday morning. Proudly, I packed the device and its power supply into a Kinko’s paper bag, and took it to work hoping to show it off to my fellow Mac buddies. I get to work. Tap the power button on.. "Operating System Not found"…. Crap..

I left work mid day last Monday to prepare for the road trip Tuesday morning. Went home, did about 20,000 loads of clothes while reloading Mac OSX. This time, making sure to disable the sleep and hibernation features which seemed to have caused the previous failure.

All seems well, good, yes, thank you. Power down, pack it, the PS, and a Logitech BT mouse in a leather "Padfolio" which serves the purpose well enough for the moment.

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