macjon1 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Ok so i have somewhat of a dilemma here. I have a choice of attempting to install leopard on 2 laptops but not sure which one will work best, if none of them will work, can u please suggest a very cheap laptop i can buy on ebay that works perfectly. I would rather install on my older laptop which is a Toshiba satellite M115, my second one is a Hp DV4-1140go. Toshiba m115: Running 32bit windows xp with 512mb ram Chipset: Intel celeron M cpu 420 1.60 GHz Hard drive: 80gb Fujitsu MHV2060BH PL Video card: ATI radeon Xpress 200M series Wireless adapter: Atheros AR5006EG Audio: realtek audio DVD drive: TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL Battery: Microsoft ACPI-compliant control method battery Keyboard: standard 101/102 / Microsoft Natural PS/2 Mouse: synaptics PS/2 BIOS: Phoenic Technology LTD 1.00 8/24/06 Hp DV4: Running 64bit Vista home premium with 4 gb ram Chipset: Intel® ICH9M/M-E Family 4 port Processors: Intel® core 2 duo T5800 Hard drive: 320gb Video card: intel 4500 MHD Wireless adapter: Intel Wifi link 5100 AGN Audio: IDT BIOS version: HP F.13, 10/1/2008 Webcam I have done alot of research before posting, but i cant figure out which machine will give me the least problems. It seems like every single spec will give me trouble so i really dont know what to do. Can you recommend a mac os x build to use, the method and so on...I would also like to dual boot this and if that is not possible,then i would rather have it as native on the toshiba. Im sure somethings will not work but i would really like wifi to work if possible, that seems to be rare. I am trying to get as much information as possible, i have searched many forums Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 You can get it working with some trouble on either of them, probably, but GFX won't work as it's not supported. For more information search the forum: just type in your search term in google and add site:insanelymac.com Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1110580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 You can get it working with some trouble on either of them, probably, but GFX won't work as it's not supported. For more information search the forum: just type in your search term in google and add site:insanelymac.com thanks the reply does that mean my graphic card wont work? which then means there is no video? Ok so you said both machines are pretty much equal in terms of the problem i will encounter. If that is the case i want to install os x on the toshiba since its older and if something goes wrong it wont hurt as bad. Can you recommend a build and packages i might need to getting most thing working? thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1110857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 The X200 has some tricks - use this. x200 site:insanelymac.com The graphics will work, but they won't be accelerated, and certain applications won't work. However OS X should run. There are so many! I don't know what to recommend... iPC, iAtkos, XxX, Jas, Zepyroth, Kalyway, just to name a few. XxX Leopard seems really good. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1110909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 hmm i was leaning towards ipc just because it seems like its more supported, but that is a lot of choice given to me. Is there anyway somebody can recommend one of those based on my specs with either laptops. I know i will have to find kext and drivers and im not sure if they work for all of those installations Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1110955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 so i attempted to install ipc osx86 on the toshiba but the dvd will not boot completely. It gets to the grey screen with the apple logo and it appears to be loading but it doesnt. The dvd does not spin as it should and then i get a circle with one line going through which suggests that it couldnt boot. what could be the problem? i know my computer is capable to booting into the dvd because it booted twice before but the next 10 or so attempts have failed. I dont think i changed any setting that may have affected it. Also for the dv4 is it through that there would be no video once its installed because the intel 4500 mhd video card isnt supported? is there a way to fix the video if i am able to install it? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1113137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 ipc osx86 didnt work so i tried iatkos 5i that one was able to instal but on startup it goes into the grey screen and never boots up. Can anyone tell me why this happened, i tried the installation teice changing some stuff and the same the happened. The installation was done on the toshiba. can anyone give me info on this? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1113347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 can i get some help with this? i have been trying all possible combinations but non have work. Any help will be appreciated thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1114648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjon1 Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 After many trial and errors, i have managed to install leopard on both the toshiba and the dv4 using ipc 10.5.6. The main problem i am facing now is getting sleep to work on both systems. I have read and tried a couple of solutions in some threads but non have worked for me. For example, i do not have the tick on the powersaver option, even after changing my applebios kext many times, and installing appleusbehci and ehcienabler does not seem to work either. I also tried replacing my iousbfamily.kext to 10.5.5, maybe mine was faulty? Is there anything else i can try? - I have vanilla kernel on both systems as well and no graphic support on the systems which is fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158212-choosing-between-2-laptops-to-dual-booth-leopard/#findComment-1135764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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