benelauer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hi, has someone a tip for a good, modern notebook that seems to be very compatible to patched Leopard? I'm planning to buy a notebook, but i think i cannot afford an original mac ^^ I've had very good experiences with kalyway on a pc and i think it's possible to create a system that runs stable enough to work on it. greets, benelauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hi Personnaly, I would buy a HP Pavillon DVxxxxxx cause many people said that's work out of box. Also, Toshiba Satelite are very good Criteria are Core2Duo (for Vanilla Kernel), 2 Gb RAM, equivalent of P35 chipset. Please, check for wireless cards cause Intel 3945 ABG card doesn't work on OS X, Atheros 500x also. Anyway, swap your wireless card cost in average of 10$ on eBay i.e. the most known Dell Wireless 1490 (infos here). I had something in mind, MSI Wind works very flawlessly with Intel Atom CPU (new generation of CPU) OS X on the MSI Wind, before it's release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeamp Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Any Dell Inspiron with the 1395 Wi-Fi and GMAX3100 graphics will be an easy "HackBook." Plus it's always nice to be able to use your wireless as AirPort without ugly USB dongles cramping your style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Dell is a easy "HackBook" but many reported had problem to reinstall XP or Vista accurately without problem. For myself, I don't care cause I know these tricky thing but for a starter, it's a little bit harder work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnoyeb Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Dell 1530 is extremely easy with an nvidia 8600 card. Just make sure and get one with a dell wireless and not the intel wirless. there is also a nice thread on them with a ton of activity: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83039 i'm running stock kernels and flying along... benched against a macbook pro, i'm neck and neck for a ton less... I would even recommend looking at the delloutlet for them, so you can save some dough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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