But guess what? Some people aren't waiting for Apple to make a move. They're defying Apple and installing Mac OS X on netbooks from Dell and other manufacturers. (Though Apple computer owners can legitimately install Windows on their Macs, the Mac OS X is only licensed to run on Apple computers.)

Over the past few months, the so-called hackintosh netbook has become a hot topic. last December, showing which netbooks were likely to be the most compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, including the (the most compatible of the netbooks listed), the , the , and the .

In February, Gizmodo published a step-by-step . And PC World sibling publication InfoWorld recently added some spice to Gizmodo's recipe by explaining how to which accesses files from the Internet, rather than from internal storage.

Admittedly, a Mac OS netbook that weighs 2.28 pounds (which is the Mini 9's weight) and that's ultra compact (the Mini 9 measures 1.07 by 9.13 by 6.77 inches) is hugely compelling. And both the Gizmodo and InfoWorld writers raved about how nicely Mac OS X plays with the Mini 9. Wrote William Hurley in InfoWorld, after converting a Mini 9 into a Mac netbook: "I had a sweet little machine that I'm happier with than any computer I've ever owned."