nicksoph

Hi

Having mentioned hackintosh to a friend he has asked me to see if I can build him one, (which I havnt quite said yes to) it is not something I have done before, having worked only with Windows and Linux. I have access to a Mac and happy to buy whatever software is required but may be limited to the PC that my friend has just bought -
8GB Ram,
Intel 2500K processor in an
ASRock H61M-VS Motherboard, which has the
Intel H61 Chipset,
Intel 2000/3000 on board graphics,
VIA VT1705 audio,
Atheros PCIEx1 Ethernet and
32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS.

It looks like there are KEXTS available for the graphics/audio/network (Ive yet to see a KEXT but I think Ive read enough to be able to install them) - Im less sure what having a UEFI bios will mean to the build)

I have been reading on the this and other sites and found myself pretty confused by the number of methods available and wonder if someone might give me some advice on which methods would be best to build a Lion based machine from bare metal for somebody with relatively little mac exposure, Im happy to do the reading but would like some direction on the path to use.

Thanks
NickSoph

Hi

This is my first visit to this forum and I can't seem to find the place to start. I have used PC's for many years but have had no experience on Mac's at all.

Id like to know If this laptop is up to running OSX and if so would like to know which versions of Mac OSX might be recommended. It is an oldish Dell d820 - it has 3 GB of RAM, a dual core T2400 Intel processor running at 1.8Mhz, Intel Mobile Express 945 graphics chip and a broadcom NetXtreem 57xx network card.

If it is upto running OSX I have a separate hard drive which I can install to use for OSX and ask if someone might point me at the place I should start reading.

Thanks
nicksoph