MyRightEye Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 It's time to replace my 2-yo MBP. I know nothing about PC laptops, even which brands are good/bad. What might be considered a good replacement for a MBP? I wouldn't mind a higher res screen than the 15" MBP provides! That would be sweet. I have looked at the Dell XPS 1530, but DELL??? Not sure I can parse that Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 It's time to replace my 2-yo MBP. I know nothing about PC laptops, even which brands are good/bad. What might be considered a good replacement for a MBP? I wouldn't mind a higher res screen than the 15" MBP provides! That would be sweet. I have looked at the Dell XPS 1530, but DELL??? Not sure I can parse that How much do you wanna spend? I just built a MBP replacement for a friend that chose the New Dell Latitude E5500/E6500. They're 15.4's that can be customized with a 1920x1200 screen. They support up to 8gigs of ram come standard with 6-9cell batterys and core 2 duo's up to 2.9GHz. Nvidia quadro graphics, which works very well with nvkush, you can do the 1505 wireless card for built in wireless N out the box working. They have a beautiful black brushed metal finish and a working webcam right out the box...Very nice machine! Runs about ~800 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1112180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRightEye Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 How much do you wanna spend? I just built a MBP replacement for a friend that chose the New Dell Latitude E5500/E6500. They're 15.4's that can be customized with a 1920x1200 screen. They support up to 8gigs of ram come standard with 6-9cell batterys and core 2 duo's up to 2.9GHz. Nvidia quadro graphics, which works very well with nvkush, you can do the 1505 wireless card for built in wireless N out the box working. They have a beautiful black brushed metal finish and a working webcam right out the box...Very nice machine! Runs about ~800 Well, I would spend more than that. I would like something as nice as the MBP, which I know I won't, but as close to it. Thin and light but powerful. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1112336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 JaE-V, sounds good. Do you guys know of a 17" ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1112560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I would recommend the HP Pavillion HDX18-1100 bought for $900 don't know the price now but everything on it worked perfectly even the wifi it was a broadcom 43xx Wifi N Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1112788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ver2go Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 How much do you wanna spend? I just built a MBP replacement for a friend that chose the New Dell Latitude E5500/E6500. They're 15.4's that can be customized with a 1920x1200 screen. They support up to 8gigs of ram come standard with 6-9cell batterys and core 2 duo's up to 2.9GHz. Nvidia quadro graphics, which works very well with nvkush, you can do the 1505 wireless card for built in wireless N out the box working. They have a beautiful black brushed metal finish and a working webcam right out the box...Very nice machine! Runs about ~800 Did you have any problems with the E5500/E6500? Does it have the Touchpad and Sleep problems? I'm interested in a 15.4" with 1920x1200. Unfortunately the XPS m1350 is not available with the 1920x1200 screens any more on the US Dell site, so I'm considering the E6500 now if there are not too many things not working with it. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1117668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
projekt k Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 beware of dell if you use customer service dell knows barely {censored}. other than that dells are great. just dont believe them right away when they say somethings broken. I made tech support feel like idiots the other day. HP's are good but vista rating system tends to rate them low for some reason, but i reccomend it over alot of things. Toshiba is good. but if you want a bad ass laptop look into the core 2 extreme laptops. i think alienware sales them, you are looking at like 4 grand so your better off with with a MBPro. whatever you feel. If you are using windows ide go with alien or toshiba, if you are hackintoshing it im not the guy to ask. also alienware has great tech support Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1117917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Did you have any problems with the E5500/E6500? Does it have the Touchpad and Sleep problems? I'm interested in a 15.4" with 1920x1200. Unfortunately the XPS m1350 is not available with the 1920x1200 screens any more on the US Dell site, so I'm considering the E6500 now if there are not too many things not working with it. Thanks. Everything works, only problem is that the audio drivers interfere with shut down sometimes. Its pretty much the same as my D820 beware of dell if you use customer service dell knows barely {censored}. other than that dells are great. just dont believe them right away when they say somethings broken. I made tech support feel like idiots the other day. HP's are good but vista rating system tends to rate them low for some reason, but i reccomend it over alot of things. Toshiba is good. but if you want a bad ass laptop look into the core 2 extreme laptops. i think alienware sales them, you are looking at like 4 grand so your better off with with a MBPro. whatever you feel. If you are using windows ide go with alien or toshiba, if you are hackintoshing it im not the guy to ask. also alienware has great tech support Also the Gateway FX laptops are great on the price, have 9800m's and support C2Extremes as well. I love the alienware M15x, makes a great high end hack too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1118063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Wiggum Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 ... I just built a MBP replacement for a friend that chose the New Dell Latitude E5500/E6500. ... Hi! I'm quite new to Hackintoshs and would really want to set up an E5500 with Leopard myself. Is there any other post / walkthrough / guide that details the setup process and used leopard images that you can recommend for this particular laptop? I'd greatly appreciate any advice! Cheers & Thanks in advance Tom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1124638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ver2go Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I'm curious about this too. I just picked up a M4400 and can use some pointers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1134104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukhan Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Interesting about the Latitudes. I am also looking for a WUXGA laptop. I also found the Vostro 1720 to be a good value as well and it seems that it will support OSX fully as well. Check it out here: http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config...C=NB_V1720_F2_E Do you guys think the Vostro 1720 is a better deal? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1134880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 It's a good laptop, obviously not as thin as the Macbook Pro, and much less battery life, but if plugged in it's great. It's a good deal if you configure with a 9600M GT Graphics card (OS X Doesn't support the X4500), and the 1920X1200 screen. The CPU @ 2.4ghz will be slightly faster than a 2 year old MBP. 8GB RAM is about $300-500 more at Newegg. It's a good upgrade. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1135374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukhan Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 It's a good laptop, obviously not as thin as the Macbook Pro, and much less battery life, but if plugged in it's great. It's a good deal if you configure with a 9600M GT Graphics card (OS X Doesn't support the X4500), and the 1920X1200 screen. The CPU @ 2.4ghz will be slightly faster than a 2 year old MBP. 8GB RAM is about $300-500 more at Newegg. It's a good upgrade. I'm assuming you are referring to the Vostro 1720 right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1135669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yes he is Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1136029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourboyvic Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 as of 05/13/09, E5500 is out. dell put into the E5500 a gma x4500, so as far as this thread is concerned the E5500 will not receive supported graphics. the E6500 however still comes with an nVidia Quadro NVS 160M. nothing from my searches has come back 100% supporting this graphics card but given that nVidia stuff works pretty good when it comes to 'hackintoshing', the E6500 is a way better choice than the E5500. the vostro 1720 comes with a GeForce 9600M GS so this is a viable candidate the HP HDX18 1100 is not even available on amazon from my searches. so out of four candidates we really only have two. 1. latitude E6500 2. vostro 1720 and of the two, I would prefer the latitude E6500 anyone with updates or further resources (for example, what ethernet nic does dell use for it's laptops, is there a hardware directory for this?), pls PM me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1155691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yes there is a hardware directory, sort of. Best is to search the forum with google for the hardware you are wondering about. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.6/Portables http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.6 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1155987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan_Man Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171620 What works: -CD, processor, chips set, HD, QE, CI, sound out, track pad (tapping), firewire (not perfect tho), USB, wireless, ethernet what doesn't: -sleep, firewire hard drives, card reader, not sure about slot, mics and mic input, trackpad scrolling (I think it can be fussed). Khan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1181183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyckyj Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 How much do you wanna spend? I just built a MBP replacement for a friend that chose the New Dell Latitude E5500/E6500. They're 15.4's that can be customized with a 1920x1200 screen. They support up to 8gigs of ram come standard with 6-9cell batterys and core 2 duo's up to 2.9GHz. Nvidia quadro graphics, which works very well with nvkush, you can do the 1505 wireless card for built in wireless N out the box working. They have a beautiful black brushed metal finish and a working webcam right out the box...Very nice machine! Runs about ~800 Hey, could you post the kexts you used to get the e6500 fully working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1185401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I am also now looking for a 17" laptop, but with probably pick up an latest generation refurbished MBP for $2k: http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0G55LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/158540-closest-laptop-to-macbook-pro-or-better/#findComment-1187758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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