Vũ Lượng Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hello, I want you guys to help a newbie like me to install Mac OS X so here are my questions: 1, Can my laptop capable of running OS X? 2, If yes then which guide I must follow to set it up? Because I have seen many guides out there and can't decide which is the most suitable guide to install. Thanks, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi, welcome to the forum. 1. Post your hardware or we can't help you. 2. Which version of OS X would you like to install (I would assume Lion if your hardware is capable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vũ Lượng Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Here it's (CQ40-630TU) Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset DDRII 800Mhz (PC2-6400) 2GB 256MB Intel GMA 4500MHD BroadCom Wifi b/g Realtek PCIe FE thanks for the answer. I want to install the latest version that my laptop is capable of. It's doesn't really matter as long it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Doesn't look like it's 64bit capable so you'll be limited to using snow leopard, Lion requires 64bit. I can't find anyone who's used this laptop before through a quick google search so it's going to be a case of finding your exact specification and finding kexts that will work with your hardware. Start by finding the following: CPU(processor): AMD/Intel / number of cores Its maximum sse level: sse2 is minimum, sse3 and above is good. You can find this out with CPUZ in windows, or by doing /cat/proc/cpuinfo in linux. Motherboard Chips: You can find this out from: Your PC/laptop model - Google it, find the specs, Your Motherboard model - Google it, check the exact specifications from the manufacturers site. From these sources, make a note of the names and vendor/device ID's of: builtin disk controller sound, network, firewire graphics chips etc... So at this stage you should have a nice detailed list of what your machine is *really* made of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vũ Lượng Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 It's 64bit capable. I want to dual boot it with windows 7 and I have only one HDD with 100+ GB left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 You may be able to install Lion then, I didn't realise it was 64bit. Your first issue is going to be partitioning your hard drive in a way os X will let you install, your HDD will already be an MBR due to Windows. You'll need to follow this http://www.insanelym...howtopic=262457 if you wish to install Lion on an MBR. Or you can go GUID/MBR Hybrid. If you wish go the hybrid route you will need a usb hard drive, you can then clone your windows installation to this to keep it safe, then you are free to format your internal HDD without risking loosing your windows install. The first thing to do is to get snow leopard installed using a retail disk and a boot cd, (Nawcoms modCD is very good). Once you have snow leopard installed, you can prepare the Lion install media and upgrade from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 There is no driver for the GMA 4500. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vũ Lượng Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 well, thanks, so I finally at peace... Hope some day I'll build a hackintosh, then I'll need your help again. Cya next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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