pezley Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 obviously besides a mac im after a laptop 12" in screen size, that can take an in install of leopard. obviously i dont expect %100 but things like wifi sound and video would be nice. neds to be mainly windows based machine for work but to dual boot leopard or my own use..... so any suggestions ? was lookng at the HP 2710p but i havent found about leopard n it as of yet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPirate Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Would a 13" MacBook really be that painful...? That would let you run any OS you like for any reason you like... just don't upgrade the RAM at the shop or it'll cost a bunch. Install Windows from a retail disc you have (We won't go into how you get that retail disc) into Boot Camp and use that at work (And it'll run Fine), have Parallels installed (again, we won't go into how you get that) on the Leopard side so you can do work stuff AND run Leopard (without a hitch) at home. Plus Leopard tends to work out-of-the-box with the Apple Remote when you run it on Apple Hardware. Actually it tends to work out of the box with anything on Apple Hardware. You wouldn't get full multi-touch, but you would at least get 2D two-finger-scrolling. I beg you to reconsider. If you don't want the full price, get second hand, ex-demo-stock or a rent-to-buy deal. Or is this all because you have a 12.5" bag... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/#findComment-725531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 you know macs can run windows and multiboot right? that HP 2710p costs mosts than a macbook, and the macbook blows it away at everything (faster cpu, faster video card, twice the default RAM). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/#findComment-725692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawcom Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 \ Leopard works fine on my dell d420; its 12.1 inch. you jsut have to make sure you get one of the truemobile wireless cards (broadcom) and not the intel ipw3945. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/#findComment-726865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 i just don't get why anyone would buy a non macbook or macbook pro if they're buying a new machine today... even if you decice OSX is trash, it will run windows natively. they're actually better machines and usually end up costing less than the competition, wake up and save yourself a headache/hassle. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/#findComment-726998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrenceP99 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I have Leopard running on my HP Compaq NC2400. I installed iAtkos2.0i on it. It's pretty maxed out 2GB of ram, 80 GB hard drive, DVD-DL burner. Got sound working, I have a Linksys wireless PC slot card recognized as a Airport extreme card. I have a extended capacity battery that I get about 4 hours out of it and it doubles as a handle for holding the machine. The single speaker sounds like {censored}, so I use USB headphones. It's a duo core machine but I only got one working. The machine is extremely light about 3 pounds. Decent performance, I use it as my main machine. Running Adobe CS3 Suite and Final Cut Studio 2 a lil bit slower than my other Hackintosh (a 2.2 ghz Duo Core HP Compaq 6710b). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101505-perfect-12-laptop-for-leopard/#findComment-868839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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