Doug the Impaler Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I'm looking for a super-cheap 1280x800 laptop for Leopard. I'd prefer a dual-core CPU and I'd prefer it NOT be based on the Atom. I want to run Logic Express 8 occasionally on the road and on site (prefer to stick with my nVidia Mac Mini when I'm at home) and I don't want to blow $600 on a used Macbook from Wegener Media and I don't want to spend $850 on a new refurb from Apple. I don't care if it's AMD or Intel based, as it'll be getting iPC, iDeneb, or one of those. I don't care if it can boot retail as it probably won't be getting updated once I have Quicktime 7.6 and Leopard 10.5.6 on it. All I really care about is QE/CI and wifi, as well as the screen resolution. It can be as big or small as necessary - 13", 15", I don't care. 1366x768 would be OK too. I'll be using a USB box for audio inputs and outputs. I do want to buy new because I want the hardware warranty (I'll probably just pop out the HDD that comes with it and keep it default as a spare should I need the hardware warranty) and I don't care about dual booting or sleep, as it'll be use sparingly and shut down when I'm done with it. I've been looking at cheap $400-$500 machines from Dell (Employee Purchase Program, w00t!) and HP, but I'm hesitant because I don't know what mobile chipset variants will work. I know GMA4500 is out (which is too bad, as those seem to be the cheapest). What about the Radeon 3200 mobile or GeForce 8200 mobile? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/163962-cheap-hackbook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug the Impaler Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 I might have solved this for myself http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/t...;l=en&s=dfb Lots of Vostros with Core Duos and GMA 3100s. Buying the Dell wireless-N card should give me wifi out of the box, right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/163962-cheap-hackbook/#findComment-1142941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottapotamas Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 yep... that would work... one of my friends has one, and works perfectly with iPC 10.5.6 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/163962-cheap-hackbook/#findComment-1179868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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