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Hi guys!

Since my IT course is launching at october at univerisity, so I need a laptop. You've guessed it - hackintosh one. Now, I'd like experts which of those two I consider is .... better equippd ( == easier to maintain and use os x)

 

My types are:

Lenovo Y580

Intel Core i5-3210M (2.50 GHz, 3 MB cache); GTX 660M, 8GB RAM, HDD 750 GB

Dell 15R 5520

i7-3610QM (2.3 GHz, 6 MB Cache), 8GB AM, 1TB HDD, HD7670M 1GB

 

The fist has better GPU, the other - everything else... My mind says "Dell, moron" but heart shouts "LENOVO!!111". Can you help me decide?

 

The good part is I can grab both w/o redmond's SW ( I can grab Win from DreamSpark, anyway)

 

DISCLAIMER: I'm not asking which is better at all, I'm asking on which is easier to have OS X in heavy use

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This is why the wiki exists:

http://wiki.osx86pro...0.7.0/Portables

If it works with Lion you *should* be fine with ML.

 

Also at that kind of price why not just buy a macbook?

 

Laptops rarely make perfect hackintoshes...

 

Edit: Your doing an IT course and you want a hackintosh? I would hate to think I had to use OS X for anything degree related. Have you run OS X before? Office for mac is poor so I could never recommend a mac for productivity and given an IT degree will probably use more specialised software you'll probably run into compatibility issues.

Almost all offices run windows, servers run Linux, and fan-boys / photographers / DJ's run OS X - think about your career path relative to your OS.

Unless of course you intend to dual boot it or have access to a windows machine as well then fair enough...

Feel free to ignore my advice its just what I've found from experience of my engineering degree...

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Also at that kind of price why not just buy a macbook?

Because in my country macs are 40% more expensive that in USA. I really doubt it's shipping + import fees only.

 

 

 

Office for mac is poor so I could never recommend a mac for productivity

 

I'll be programming in Java, not writing docs.

 

 

and given an IT degree will probably use more specialised software you'll probably run into compatibility issues.

 

I never considered installing MS Acces or SQL Sever even on my PC [VMs uber alles]

 

 

Almost all offices run windows, servers run Linux, and fan-boys / photographers / DJ's run OS X - think about your career path relative to your OS.

 

More broader set of technolgy - better

 

EDIT: Of course, If you know any notebook comparable to these (and avaiabl in EU) let me know ;]

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