I've never done a hackintosh. I just bought a netbook as a gift for my girlfriend. I chose it because it's her favorite color, has an 11.6" 1366x768 screen and has a dual-core celeron with 2gb of RAM for the same price as all the Atom/10.1" 1024x600/1gb netbooks as well as a decent graphics chipset (GMA 4500MHD).

I did do research beforehand, and saw people talking about getting Mac OS X to work on laptops with GMA 4500MHD. However, since I've since a Windows guy, I didn't know about Quartz Extreme or whatever it is. It seems like there's a great hackintoshing community but it also seems like there's not a lot of progress with getting OS X support for 4500MHDs besides some people getting native res.

I'm willing to do whatever I can to get it working, i.e. muck around with "kexts" which I assume are analogous to drivers/infs. I just want it to work well for her after I'm done.

So, my question is should I return it and get a different one? What are other 4500MHD owners' OS X experiences? Can you watch non-flash video? If you had the choice, would you get a system with a different graphics adapter? I guess the other option would be an HP Mini 311. Should I get that, or just forget it and get a 10.1" netbook? I previously looked at a Toshiba NB205.

Probably u don't need to do so.
You will have native res, and QuartzGL
but not QE/CI we are trying to make a new driver

If you need help with your hackintosh, just say it!

I'm Here for it

Just the same as you, waiting for the new driver for QE/CI.

My CPU is going 100*C because of the missing of the QE/CI and this is very disturbing . Sorry but I think it`s a lost cause!

Thanks for your opinions, everyone. I returned it. I don't want to give something as a gift if it doesn't work 100%. It's a shame, this is the best bang for the buck currently available.

As someone who bought a $500 Best Buy budget Acer two years ago and just recently upgraded it to be pretty sweet (and competitive)... I say think outside the box. Find an older model that others report does well, buy one new for dirt cheap online, and spend the difference on upgrades. Much better than dealing with new incompatible chipsets or untried hardware. Don't feel limited to buy only what's on the shelf at your local store

I'm not. I'm looking at dozens of stores, mostly web sites. I can't really buy laptop with an Atom CPU and put an SU2300.