acevic Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Following, are the specs for the laptop I wish to install OSX on. Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2410 @ 2.00 GHZ Codename Merom Mainboard: Intel GM965 Memory: 2x1024 MB DDR2 Graphics: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family (384 MB) I have tried looking up my hardware on every HCL and searching on the forums, but to no effective avail. I need to know whether it is possible to run OSX on this machine. If so, which version would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartie77 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Following, are the specs for the laptop I wish to install OSX on. Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2410 @ 2.00 GHZ Codename Merom Mainboard: Intel GM965 Memory: 2x1024 MB DDR2 Graphics: Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family (384 MB) I have tried looking up my hardware on every HCL and searching on the forums, but to no effective avail. I need to know whether it is possible to run OSX on this machine. If so, which version would you recommend? Snow Leopard ( 10.6.x ) is a bit heavy for that machine and I really dont know if the cpu is supported out of the box, you might be better served with Leopard ( 10.5.x ), it uses fewer ressources and runs on older Intel cpus. 10.7 ( Lion ) will not work because it demands a 64bit Core2Duo minimum . You can use Apple retail discs from the store. Together with a boot cd that "helps" booting on non-Apple Hardware. Once installed you only need fakesmc.kext which makes OSX think that your machine is Apple Mac Model XYZ and a bootloader ( "chameleon" ). There are individual files,kext you can search here in the forum or use all-in-one-solution packs like "myhack" or "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]". they all let you install your kexts ( drivers ) once OSX is on the Harddisk. Snow Leopard ( 10.6.x ) is a bit heavy for that machine and I really dont know if the cpu is supported out of the box, you might be better served with Leopard ( 10.5.x ), it uses fewer ressources and runs on older Intel cpus. 10.7 ( Lion ) will not work because it demands a 64bit Core2Duo minimum . You can use Apple retail discs from the store. Together with a boot cd that "helps" booting on non-Apple Hardware. Once installed you only need fakesmc.kext which makes OSX think that your machine is Apple Mac Model XYZ and a bootloader ( "chameleon" ). There are individual files,kext you can search here in the forum or use all-in-one-solution packs like "myhack" or "[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]". they all let you install your kexts ( drivers ) once OSX is on the Harddisk. I googled the specs for your CPU : It's a CORE DUO, but not a CORE2DUO ( maximum Snow Leo ) . Yours can do MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Intel 64, EIST, XD-Bit Therefore OSX should work without a problem ( SSE3 is the most important feature ). The chipset is Intel Standard, should be supported natively in OSX. Graphics you must lookup yourself here. But Apple uses a lot of Intel GMA cards in their older macBooks and so OSX has general support for MOST, not all GMAs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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