th3ant Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Right, I'm planning to buy Acer Aspire AS5742G-486G64Mnkk Notebook, and I was wondering how it will do with Mac OSx Snow Leopard, or possibly even Lion. If you are unwilling to spend time working it out, and I respect that, which resources do I use to check its compatibility?! Link (Acer Website): http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/LX.RB902.182 Basic Specs: Intel Core i5-480M processor (2.66GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz - 3MB L3 cache) - 64 bit 6GB DDR3 RAM 640GB Hard Drive 1GB NVIDIA G FORCE GT540M Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.11n DVD-RAM/±R/±RW Multi-gesture touchpad 3 USB 2.0 ports Sorry for not providing detailed (Hardware Specific) specs, I can't find them anywhere, And as I don't actually have the device yet, I can't check with hardware detecting programs. The Link to the website is a bit more in depth. So yeah, thats about it: - Will it work? - How can I check? Not Urgent, I was just wondering.. Thanks, th3ant PS: Sorry if I have done some things wrong with the post, or put this in the wrong catergory, this is my first post to a new forum to me. EDIT: Found another link, Seems to be fairly in depth for hardware specs: http://com-solutions.co.uk/products/Comput...2011&info=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcornbag Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Not a good laptop. It will not work duo the gt540m because of the "optimus technologie". Search a laptop with AMD/ATI GPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3ant Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 So not at all? Not even with a bit of tinkering and a couple of kexts from here there everywhere..? Surely it's possible, and I think I'm going to stick with that notebook anyway because of its awesome value for money (I found a good deal)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcornbag Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 A quick look on the acer driver support site, for your type of laptop. Showed drivers for the GT540M as well as for the Intel HD3000. So your laptop is using the optimus technologie. When u try to install the nvidia drivers, it will only see your intel HD3000. But now it is possible to get full QE/CI support in Lion, using the intel HD3000. You can find it here http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26370 keep me posted about your progress, good ? Thanks allot and good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3ant Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Ahh.. right.. And I will keep you informed.. but I will be getting the notebook in December, and it will probably be late January before I get to this stage.. I still need to sort out all the other kexts I need, and what I'm booting OSx from and.... you get the idea. I'm just starting early due to boredness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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