Christov Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hey guys, I've been using a hackintosh Kalyway 10.5.5 installation on my PC now for many months with great results! I've had 0 epic failures and been running logic/final cut pro with great results. Just what I needed and all thanks to everyone here at the forums, so thank you all! Now I'm looking at investing in a laptop, around £400 so not awful but not world-destroying either. My question is that most of the laptops I'm looking at don't seem to specify their chipset, which I found to be rather important when installing my hackintosh. I'm looking at some asus machines and HP machines as well, alright specs... will most certainly do what I want them to do. The two in particular I'm looking at are: Asus: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150324 HP: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151493 Has anyone used these or perhaps could offer some advice on whether I'll be able to install OSX on them at all? I am a little suspect of the AMD dual core on the HP laptop, I used an Intel based cpu for my hackintosh and have no idea if the AMDs are just as stable or less stable or whatever! I want to do a dual boot between OSX and XP, but this shouldnt be a problem after getting OSX on the drive (hopefully)! Many thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145621-hackbook-which-laptop-to-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well, I agree, go for Intel, not AMD. The Asus uses a Geforce chipset - the 8200 integrated graphics give it away. The HP looks promising. Although I think it uses G45 "next generation intel graphics" - which also doesn't work. Have you looked at the hardware compatibility list? Dell make some pretty compatible laptops, look at their range, I'm sure you can find something for £400. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145621-hackbook-which-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-1033379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christov Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Cheers for the response I had a look at the dell website, customisation and so forth, but they're all far too expensive. Even the most basic laptop is £349, which only has a single core and 1gb memory; really not enough for what I need it for. If I up it to the specs that are close to what I need it becomes over £500 which is over my budget. I am a little confused on the HP laptop, it says intel based next generation graphics on the description (helpful eh?) but on some other websites they are claiming it has a radeon HD3410 integrated card... here's one of the sites for example: http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=29213 What do we think on the Asus? Will it definitely not work because of the geforce chipset? Had a look at the compatibility list, will look into those a bit further but thats gonna take some time! EDIT: just thought I'd add, I don't need the OSX install to be all singing all dancing, I only use my hackintosh for working with logic and final cut, and I'd only really ever use it for logic on the laptop; so it just has to be stable enough to run that. Whether it'll work at all on certain chipsets is another issue tho Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145621-hackbook-which-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-1033722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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