3nigma Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Hello all, This is my first time on, and I'm very excited to join the group! Does anyone have any recommendations as to what ThinkPad model will be the best to interface with Mac OS X86? I am choosing of the following: T40, T41, T42, T43, and T60 (and the "p" series of each indicating "Performance," such as T43p, etc.). My ultimate goal is to triple boot Mac OS X86, PC-BSD, and Windows XP/Vista. All of your recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a bunch, -3nigma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Choose one with Radeon 7500 or Radeon >9550 or GMA950. Also one with Atheros wireless if you want it. Best proc. compatibility has the T60.... Depends on what u want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3nigma Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Choose one with Radeon 7500 or Radeon >9550 or GMA950.Also one with Atheros wireless if you want it. Best proc. compatibility has the T60.... Depends on what u want This is a fantastic reply, and exactly the kind of info I'm looking for. Can you add more insight as to why that is, and what the implications are for why/why not for that hardware? Which T60 is the best? Which T60 has the best Atheros card, best video, etc.? What about the reports of the audio/video/wifi not working on the T60? Thank you SO much for the FANTASTIC insight so far! T60 is the best bet, but what about other models that would still be sufficient? Are there any? What are the pros/cons to those older ones? Thanks again SO much! -3nigma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 T60 has Yonah processor, this is good. T60 also has GMA950, and you could get QE and CI -- this is good. T60 has Intel Wifi -- this is not good -- you won't get wireless. T4x has Atheros wifi -- you will get wireless T4x has a braod range of video cards -- you could find one compatible. T4x has Centrino processor -- you won't have SSE3. I guess video/wireless/sound is the most important stuff. I don't know about the sound on T60. Personally I have R40 - sound, video and network working 100%. Not the best processor (Banias 1.4Ghz), not the best video card (Radeon 7500 - only QE works because it's soo old)... but they work If I would have more details, I would give you Maybe there is someone with T60... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I'm also planning buy a T60. I have see one of the cheapest models for around U$1.200 and if i still learning C++, i'll try to help with the driver when my academic semester ends. Don't worry, because someone will eventuall make a kext for the Intel Wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 wouldnt it be possible to get a pc card aiport thingy (they make those, right?)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 they dont make a pc airport except for to your ipod i think (streaming audio).... and pc-bsd very well supports htem all, but you will probly have to buy a new wifi card to get support (wifi cards are sooo hard to pick out cause they may have drivers for one but not the other... you know how that is) also read the PM's i have sent you and welcome to the forum :pirate2: max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3nigma Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Okay, I've decided to go w/ the T60 model line. Should I choose T60 or T60p? T60 = Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 or 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 PCIexpress T60p = SXGA+ (1400x1050) 256MB ATI FireGL V5200 Is the QE and CI only available if I get the GMA950 graphics card? I really would rather get the most powerful graphics card possible (T60p w/ 256), if it is supported, but let me know. Also, I'm going to call Lenovo and see if I can get the THinkPad A/B/G wireless rather than Intel PRO. Which is the better setup, to make OS X 10.4.7+ work? Also, I'm dual-booting PC-BSD (FreeBSD) with it, so if you have insight into that as well, let me know! THanks again guys, I'm excited to join the group! (Also, what's the best Mac OS X version to d/l? I have 10.4.7 AMD.Intel-(JaS)-ISO-Repack, will that work?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I'm also planning buy a T60. I have see one of the cheapest models for around U$1.200 and if i still learning C++, i'll try to help with the driver when my academic semester ends. Don't worry, because someone will eventuall make a kext for the Intel Wireless. If you are going to spend that much anyway, why not just buy a MacBook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardFanning Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 My thoughts exactly. You can triple boot the Mac using bootcamp, your hardware will be 100% compatible, and you will have a legal version of OSX. So why not buy a Mac over a Thinkpad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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