Panarchy Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hello! What laptop should I buy? I'm looking for one with a 17'' internal monitor. Any suggestions? Oh, and of course I need one that will be compatible with (or can be made compatible) hackint0sh (Kalyway or any other! As long as it's leopard!) I'd be happy at receiving any suggestions on this, Thanks in advance, Panarchy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Dell Inspiron and Vostro are known to be work out of the box. For sure. a little bit of kext and packages but at all, it's great! And also the wireless card Dell xxxx are recognized as Airport Extreme so no crying or screaming. Please, don't buy an Acer. Tips of a poor guy who bought one and damn regret ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-832860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 What's wrong with your Acer? Just curious... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-833303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo- Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 What's wrong with your Acer? Just curious... Well, they are just mean. Actually, some are "tatooed" meaning they can only install a specific os. For exemple, my friend has a acer desktop, and the computer can only be installed with the version of windows that came with the computer. (6 disk instal OEMed win xp media center) Other OSes simply can't boot, be it linux, os x86, or just other a real win xp disk. I'm guessing that all acers aren't like that. But I'm guessing some have weird bios issues or have 'obscure' hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-833364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special-K Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Macbook Pro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-833367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 What's wrong with your Acer? Just curious... What's wrong. Uhh, at all I'm not very happy. Cause most of the time (I don't why), he's produce a tons of heat. And sometimes, my fan doesn't go on (the fan of the CPU for sure). In this case, my computer shutdown suddenly or I have to reboot manually for starting on the fan. That's not very cool. And this issue is present on both XP and Vista trust me. And for Paolo, you can install any OS'es on Acer. Before I had Vista Ultimate x86 (non OEM), after I downgrade to XP Pro SP3. The problem you described I'm sure it's the AHCI mode (or SATA mode) you don't know how to proceed and you can't install everything. I also install openSUSE 10.3, kubuntu 8.04. It's not a big deal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-833378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 ^Hahaha, I like how you said "That's not very cool" Dell Inspiron and Vostro are known to be work out of the box. For sure. a little bit of kext and packages but at all, it's great! And also the wireless card Dell xxxx are recognized as Airport Extreme so no crying or screaming. Please, don't buy an Acer. Tips of a poor guy who bought one and damn regret ! Thanks, they are a big range of computers... so I have a lot to choose from Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Um, hows the cheaper of these two laptops; http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/p...;l=en&s=dhs Will that work for me? If so, I'll start saving TODAY Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I don't know if the 8800M works with OSX86 or not, but on newegg you can get the HP Pavillion HDX9494NR. It's not as mobile as a 17", but it'll do the job and more. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...0&Tpk=8800m Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Wowie! That looks awesome! Um, I'm from Australia... so can you help me find an Australian store (online or in NSW) that will sell that kind of laptop? EDIT: Wait, you don't know if it works with OSx86? Please find out, as that and the size of my screen are the only things I am looking for when buying my laptop. Good specs come second. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Quite a few people have gotten the 8800M to work. What's your budget BTW? The SAGER NP5792 is a pretty awesome laptop, for $2000 US, with top of the line everything, 8800M GTX, 1920x1200 screen, 2.6ghz Core 2 Duo etc etc. Works awesomely in OS X I hear. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Well under 2 thousand dollars. And no point having a laptop better then my comp (2.4GHz Quad) So Please keep that in mind. And I'm going to have to save from scratch (working as a computer technician for $20 or $30 an hour) so perhaps even under a thousand? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Save up your money and then ask us, otherwise, search the forum, or check out the OSx86 Wiki HCL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Wowie! That looks awesome! Um, I'm from Australia... so can you help me find an Australian store (online or in NSW) that will sell that kind of laptop? EDIT: Wait, you don't know if it works with OSx86? Please find out, as that and the size of my screen are the only things I am looking for when buying my laptop. Good specs come second. This might be a dumb question of me to ask, but do HP computers sell over in Australia? If so, you should be able to get it around that price compared to US. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-834992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 I'm looking around now to see how the prices compare This might be a dumb question of me to ask, but do HP computers sell over in Australia? If so, you should be able to get it around that price compared to US. Yeah, they do sell 'em in Australia. HP.com.au But it is often hard to find a good price, compared to America, even though our 'dollar' isn't that far behind the american dollar. I'll talk to some people and see if I can get newegg... Panarchy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-835021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Would this laptop be able to run Mac? Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-835092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Yes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-835300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Dell Inspiron and Vostro are known to be work out of the box. For sure. a little bit of kext and packages but at all, it's great! And also the wireless card Dell xxxx are recognized as Airport Extreme so no crying or screaming. Please, don't buy an Acer. Tips of a poor guy who bought one and damn regret ! Well that answers my previous question! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-835307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 My next project is to sold this {censored} and offer me a little gift and buy to myself a Mac Book Or before build an Hackintosh desktop with a quad core! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-836155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 That's what I'm using :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-836404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I forget to say, no more Atheros, that's stupid {censored}. Marvell and Broadcom is better Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-837153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 You can try gateway laptops. They have pretty nice priced computers with 8800M and Intel core 2 duo laptops here in the states. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-838284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thanks, just had a look. Alright prices, but specs compared to Studio 17 dell... (and price as well) It still seems the dell wins. I am planning on buying it as soon as I get the money, from US to ship to Australia: http://www.worldpurchases.com/ or http://www.priceusa.com.au/ Panarchy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-838424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickhe Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 how much does dell vostro cost and how much does the shipping over be ???? in the US Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-840167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panarchy Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Probably no more the $50 for shipping. And I end up saving about a thousand. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117564-what-laptop-should-i-buy-for-use-as-a-hackint0sh/#findComment-841037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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