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I'm currently using a Lenovo netbook (S10e), with Snow Leopard installed with a software called "S10 Snow Leopard Enabler". Everything is working great. A netbook can really be used as main computer, but it isn't that fast :D I just need something faster now, so I'm thinking about buying a Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

 

The X201 features an Intel Core i5-540M and Intel GMA HD graphics. It would be great to have this notebook running Mac OS X Snow Leopard with QE/CI and all other features supported, as this is just the computer I need :)

Is this possible yet? And if yes, is it possible with a vanilla kernel? And how? ;)

How good is the Mac OS X support for the Intel HD Graphics/GMA 5700MHD at the moment? Is Quartz Extreme working?

 

As my hackintosh knowledge currently is limited to installing OS X on GMA950-based netbooks, and on the ThinkPad X60 with GMA950 (with the netbook OS X install tools) - and I would like to extend it - can you maybe give me a link to a beginner tutorial which is not referring to a special mainboard? In this thread, the thread starter posted a link to this beginner tutorial, but it isn't working...

Do I have chances to get a ThinkPad X201 booting with a OS X install USB drive hacked for the Lenovo S10? Or do I need other tools?

Would it work with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]+[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] method? Would Quartz Extreme work if I use this?

 

Thanks in advance :)

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I'm currently using a Lenovo netbook (S10e), with Snow Leopard installed with a software called "S10 Snow Leopard Enabler". Everything is working great. A netbook can really be used as main computer, but it isn't that fast :D I just need something faster now, so I'm thinking about buying a Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

 

The X201 features an Intel Core i5-540M and Intel GMA HD graphics. It would be great to have this notebook running Mac OS X Snow Leopard with QE/CI and all other features supported, as this is just the computer I need :)

Is this possible yet? And if yes, is it possible with a vanilla kernel? And how? :whistle:

How good is the Mac OS X support for the Intel HD Graphics/GMA 5700MHD at the moment? Is Quartz Extreme working?

 

As my hackintosh knowledge currently is limited to installing OS X on GMA950-based netbooks, and on the ThinkPad X60 with GMA950 (with the netbook OS X install tools) - and I would like to extend it - can you maybe give me a link to a beginner tutorial which is not referring to a special mainboard? In this thread, the thread starter posted a link to this beginner tutorial, but it isn't working...

Do I have chances to get a ThinkPad X201 booting with a OS X install USB drive hacked for the Lenovo S10? Or do I need other tools?

Would it work with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]+[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] method? Would Quartz Extreme work if I use this?

 

Thanks in advance :)

 

 

same here mate :D

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I happen to own a brand new Lenovo X201 Tablet with Core i7 and GMA HD.

 

When I tried to boot a Retail Snow Leopard DVD from USB-Stick (my Thinkpad does not have a DVD-Drive), the Chameleon Bootloader started and Mac OS tried to boot.

But when the grey Snow Leopard Bootscreen appeared, the System suddenly restarted without warning. Even with -v I am not able to tell where it crashes, because it all happens too fast.

 

With -f added, I see about 5 pages of Files loading from HFS+ volume before OSX restarts once again.

 

I already tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] (no success) and Snow Leopard Universal (no success) and now I'm pretty much out of Ideas.

 

I desperately want a 100% Vanilla OSX, so custom build are no option.

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I'm currently using a Lenovo netbook (S10e), with Snow Leopard installed with a software called "S10 Snow Leopard Enabler". Everything is working great. A netbook can really be used as main computer, but it isn't that fast :D I just need something faster now, so I'm thinking about buying a Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

 

The X201 features an Intel Core i5-540M and Intel GMA HD graphics. It would be great to have this notebook running Mac OS X Snow Leopard with QE/CI and all other features supported, as this is just the computer I need :)

Is this possible yet? And if yes, is it possible with a vanilla kernel? And how? :(

How good is the Mac OS X support for the Intel HD Graphics/GMA 5700MHD at the moment? Is Quartz Extreme working?

 

As my hackintosh knowledge currently is limited to installing OS X on GMA950-based netbooks, and on the ThinkPad X60 with GMA950 (with the netbook OS X install tools) - and I would like to extend it - can you maybe give me a link to a beginner tutorial which is not referring to a special mainboard? In this thread, the thread starter posted a link to this beginner tutorial, but it isn't working...

Do I have chances to get a ThinkPad X201 booting with a OS X install USB drive hacked for the Lenovo S10? Or do I need other tools?

Would it work with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]+[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] method? Would Quartz Extreme work if I use this?

 

Thanks in advance :)

 

I can't help you with advice on getting OS X running on an X201... But if you're looking at spending that kind of money on a new portable, why not just buy a MBP? Sure you don't get the funky tablet / swivel screen, but you get a guaranteed good OS X installation without having to do anything.

 

Just MHO.

 

EDIT: Just noticed that not all X201s are tablets. Nonetheless my argument stands - they're not cheap.

 

/drdaz

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I happen to own a brand new Lenovo X201 Tablet with Core i7 and GMA HD.

 

When I tried to boot a Retail Snow Leopard DVD from USB-Stick (my Thinkpad does not have a DVD-Drive), the Chameleon Bootloader started and Mac OS tried to boot.

But when the grey Snow Leopard Bootscreen appeared, the System suddenly restarted without warning. Even with -v I am not able to tell where it crashes, because it all happens too fast.

 

With -f added, I see about 5 pages of Files loading from HFS+ volume before OSX restarts once again.

 

I already tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] (no success) and Snow Leopard Universal (no success) and now I'm pretty much out of Ideas.

 

I desperately want a 100% Vanilla OSX, so custom build are no option.

 

Did you try TonyMacX86 "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported"? That boot CDROM has the new 10.3.1 kernel and you may be able to install.

 

And all is not lost. Apple should be releasing 10.6.4 soon which will have support for the new MBPs. I am thinking that the new update will provide support for H55 chip set and it won't be long until the community provides an install guide.

 

neil.

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I can't help you with advice on getting OS X running on an X201... But if you're looking at spending that kind of money on a new portable, why not just buy a MBP? Sure you don't get the funky tablet / swivel screen, but you get a guaranteed good OS X installation without having to do anything.

 

Just MHO.

 

EDIT: Just noticed that not all X201s are tablets. Nonetheless my argument stands - they're not cheap.

 

/drdaz

 

Yes, you're right, they're almost the same price. I even have a new, unused MacBook Pro 13" (the new one, 2.4 GHz C2D) at home. It's a replacement device after Apple didn't manage to repair the broken trackpad of my old MacBook Pro for a month, and the whole replacement itself also lasted a month.

I need my notebook every day, and I have no spare device, so if my main computer fails, I have my data saved on my server, but I can't work with it (iWork documents and Final Cut projects) on my Windows computers. If I wouldn't just have bought my great little IdeaPad S10e before my Macbook broke, I couldn't have worked with my data for two months.

 

I own an old ThinkPad T41 and my Lenovo IdeaPad S10e, and they're just great. My old Macs (two Macintosh LC's) are great, too. But my new Mac failed after six months, and the Macbook of a friend of mine failed after a year. With a ThinkPad, I would have a great quality notebook, with really good next business day on-site support, with internal WWAN, with exchangeable battery, with a docking station and with the ability to change things like the keyboard without losing warranty - and I can get spare parts very cheap, even after five years.

And, of course, the X201's processor (Core i5-540M) is far better than my MacBook Pro's Core 2 Duo P8600.

 

If hackintoshing the X201 wouldn't work well, I'd have to stay with the Macbook Pro, but if it would work just as great as it does on my Ideapad, it would really be great.

 

Did you try TonyMacX86 "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported"? That boot CDROM has the new 10.3.1 kernel and you may be able to install.

 

And all is not lost. Apple should be releasing 10.6.4 soon which will have support for the new MBPs. I am thinking that the new update will provide support for H55 chip set and it won't be long until the community provides an install guide.

 

neil.

 

I hope it'll be working then... as I don't like downloading OS X DVD images from the internet that much, I'd like to use my own Snow Leopard disc... is it possible to create a slipstreamed install disk from my 10.6.0 disk with the 10.6.4 combo update integrated into it? Or would I have to buy a new install DVD?

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Did you try TonyMacX86 "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported"? That boot CDROM has the new 10.3.1 kernel and you may be able to install.

 

And all is not lost. Apple should be releasing 10.6.4 soon which will have support for the new MBPs. I am thinking that the new update will provide support for H55 chip set and it won't be long until the community provides an install guide.

 

neil.

 

I tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported. Same result. If I only could see the last message before the restart ... *sigh*

But hey, I'm not in a hurry and OSX would only be a nice additional thing on my Notebook.

 

After the failures with OSX on Friday and Saturday I installed, configured Windows 7 on Sunday and started discovering all available options. Well, one day is definetly not enough to get an almost complete overwiew of everything. :(

 

I'll wait for 10.6.4 and have another attempt when a guide is published.

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UPDATE:

 

I managed to install Snow Leopard on my Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

The key is to use a real physical DVD-Drive and not a USB Stick.

 

Here is what I did:

 

1. Downloaded Empire EFI R2 ( see -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/02/empire-efi-v1-085-r2-is-out/. This is only the News. The Download itself resides here -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/ . I chose the one with Core i7M-Support)

and burned the BootCD.iso to a CD-RW.

 

2. Burned the Retail Image of SL 10.6.3 on a DL DVD.

 

3. Booted the CD-RW and replaced it with the SL Retail on request by the bootloader.

 

4. Installed SL

 

Well, it installed without a problem (the failure message at the end of the installation is normal)

but now I can not boot the installed system without a CD. It hangs right after the Grey Apple Bootscreen appears and once again I can not see where exactly the problem is, because in verbose mode the Screen turns black after 5-6 lines of console text.

 

UPDATE: Finally I managed to get Snow Leopard running on my ThinkPad. The Key was to use the very latest kernel after 10.6.3 installation, which is capable of working with i5 and i7 CPUs.

 

So, boot with Empire EFI, install OSX Retail, then reboot and use Empire EFI one again to boot the retail installation.

As a post-installation tool you need to use "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]" from tonymacx86's blog on blogspot.

Choose [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install, plus the kexts for PCs without patched DSTD, plus the Kernel 10.3.1 from Advanced Options. After a few minutes you should be able to boot SL from HDD.

 

Then the fun-part begins. Find kexts for WiFi, Lan, etc. etc. ;)

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Nice. I was planning to get a X201 but hesitated because I need to use Mac OSX sometimes.

Now I can proceed to buy it.

Could you report back the experience with Wifi, Lan, audio etc?

 

Thanks

UPDATE:

 

I managed to install Snow Leopard on my Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

The key is to use a real physical DVD-Drive and not a USB Stick.

 

Here is what I did:

 

1. Downloaded Empire EFI R2 ( see -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/02/empire-efi-v1-085-r2-is-out/. This is only the News. The Download itself resides here -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/ . I chose the one with Core i7M-Support)

and burned the BootCD.iso to a CD-RW.

 

2. Burned the Retail Image of SL 10.6.3 on a DL DVD.

 

3. Booted the CD-RW and replaced it with the SL Retail on request by the bootloader.

 

4. Installed SL

 

Well, it installed without a problem (the failure message at the end of the installation is normal)

but now I can not boot the installed system without a CD. It hangs right after the Grey Apple Bootscreen appears and once again I can not see where exactly the problem is, because in verbose mode the Screen turns black after 5-6 lines of console text.

 

UPDATE: Finally I managed to get Snow Leopard running on my ThinkPad. The Key was to use the very latest kernel after 10.6.3 installation, which is capable of working with i5 and i7 CPUs.

 

So, boot with Empire EFI, install OSX Retail, then reboot and use Empire EFI one again to boot the retail installation.

As a post-installation tool you need to use "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]" from tonymacx86's blog on blogspot.

Choose [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install, plus the kexts for PCs without patched DSTD, plus the Kernel 10.3.1 from Advanced Options. After a few minutes you should be able to boot SL from HDD.

 

Then the fun-part begins. Find kexts for WiFi, Lan, etc. etc. :D

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I figured, I'd update you folks on my progress with the x201 and Snow Leopard. I was able to use Max's process for most part (used a usb based snow leopard 10.6.3 install disk). Worked fine.

 

Additional kexts

1. Intel1000e.kext for LAN

2. The latest VoodooPS2Controller.kext with ThinkpadUltranavi.kext (from forum.thinkpads.com)

3. VoodooHDA.kext from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] for audio

 

I updated it to 10.6.4 without much problem - had to boot to Single user mode (-s flag) to disable the IntelHDGraphicsFB.kext and AppleHDA.kext)

 

Whats not working

1. No special DSDT.aml yet. I am not familiar with this process yet. Which essentially means no speedstep etc.

2. No Graphics support. Enabling the HD graphics kext causes the monitor to become garbled, which I translate to the video card being recognized and the kext is loaded but something else is going wrong after that - don't know what

3. No wireless support - Can't say that I have much hope here, based on what I am reading. I was able to easily setup Bluetooth DUN so my phone is serving my wireless internet needs tor now.

 

Thats all I can think of. Let me know if there are other things that I should try out and I can help with information.

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For wireless, you should be able to replace the Intel WiFi card with an Atheros-/Broadcom-chipset-based one. There are some original Apple Airport Express a/b/g/n miniPCIe cards out there which don't cause an error 1802 (unauthorized network card) during boot and which are working with the ThinkPad's Fn-F5 feature. If you would replace the Intel 6200N with that card, it should be working.

 

-> Graphics: Maybe this here is an explanation for the graphics problems when enabling the IntelHD kexts:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=221375

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I have been looking at this thread for a while and it really interests me. Currently I have a Gateway NV5932u and it has Intel Core i5 430M, Intel GMA HD Graphics and Intel HM55 Express Chipset.

 

However I have had no luck on installing it. I used the LeoHazard Distro and used the "-V busratio=17" and it always gets stuck at a line that either says something about Apple ACPI Thermal or USB.

 

I do however have it running on VMware. It works great and even the built-in camera works on PhotoBooth. :) But there is no Quarts Extreme. :(

 

Hopefully someone will find out how to run Snow Leopard natively using GMA HD Graphics. Maybe the 10.6.4 combo update would help.

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UPDATE:

 

I managed to install Snow Leopard on my Lenovo ThinkPad X201.

The key is to use a real physical DVD-Drive and not a USB Stick.

 

Here is what I did:

 

1. Downloaded Empire EFI R2 ( see -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/02/empire-efi-v1-085-r2-is-out/. This is only the News. The Download itself resides here -> http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/ . I chose the one with Core i7M-Support)

and burned the BootCD.iso to a CD-RW.

 

2. Burned the Retail Image of SL 10.6.3 on a DL DVD.

 

3. Booted the CD-RW and replaced it with the SL Retail on request by the bootloader.

 

4. Installed SL

 

Well, it installed without a problem (the failure message at the end of the installation is normal)

but now I can not boot the installed system without a CD. It hangs right after the Grey Apple Bootscreen appears and once again I can not see where exactly the problem is, because in verbose mode the Screen turns black after 5-6 lines of console text.

 

UPDATE: Finally I managed to get Snow Leopard running on my ThinkPad. The Key was to use the very latest kernel after 10.6.3 installation, which is capable of working with i5 and i7 CPUs.

 

So, boot with Empire EFI, install OSX Retail, then reboot and use Empire EFI one again to boot the retail installation.

As a post-installation tool you need to use "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]" from tonymacx86's blog on blogspot.

Choose [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install, plus the kexts for PCs without patched DSTD, plus the Kernel 10.3.1 from Advanced Options. After a few minutes you should be able to boot SL from HDD.

 

Then the fun-part begins. Find kexts for WiFi, Lan, etc. etc. :D

Friend, when you say [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] did you use Unsupported or Supported? And then you added the kexts and then kernel 10.3.0 with System Utilities all at once? I do not see kernel 10.3.1 that you mentioned is it 10.3.0 or 10.4.0?

Thank you for your support! :P

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Hi all,

 

I too want to get a X201 Hackintosh up and running. We can work around the wireless problem but the news isn't great so far about the graphics. How bad is the graphics without HD anyway? What resolution are you getting?

 

In any case, here are some links worth looking at for the GMA:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2340

http://www.kexts.com/view/373-intelhdgraphics.html

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Same case here, I will get a big sale X201 (US$6xx), Core i5 520m, with 2G RAM, 320G harddisk, I though it is Intel HD 5400 Display chipset, anyone have experience can fully hackintosh this model?

 

I am using X60 but just like handicap, iDeneb 10.5, cannot open movie, cannot edit photo in iPhoto, CPU always hot... but luck that I still can use Ethernet get ride of Internet or 3G data when I on road, but because the CPU is always running at high, 9cell battery can only run 1.5hrs at most :)

 

I will dual use the X201s as X60. exchange harddisk for Win7 and OS X! :)

 

Hope anyone can help us!!

 

Many thanks!

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hi guys..

 

just succeded installing Mac OS X SL 10.6.3 on my Dell Vostro 3300 with Core i5/intel GMA HD. it runs smoothly although i still have some issues.

 

i had a struggle installing it, but finally succeded.

 

booted with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], Darwin 10.4.0 kernel. after the bootloader loads, you have to boot with "busratio" to tell the OS installer the bus/cpu ratio. it's different from cpu to cpu. mine, a core i5 430m was "busratio=17". after installing osx, used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] unsupported cpus and then userDSDT (dsdt file extracted from BIOS under windows7). had to edit Extra/apple.com.Boot.plist to add "busratio=17" to kernel flags so it would boot from hdd. pretty much that's it.

 

i still don't have support for other resolutions than 1024x768 no matter what i tried, so that sucks for now. wifi's not working (still lacks support), looks like bluetooth's not working either as my fingerprint reader. i don't want to try installing kexts right now because i don't need those under osx (under win7 they're working just fine) and it's quite stable now.

 

sound, keyboard, trackpad, webcam, ethernet, usb all working fine (wich is pretty much all i need for SDK).

 

if anyone know how to switch resolution to 1366x768 it would be great to share it.

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