yon325 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 hi, can someone tell me whether my compaq laptop is alright for me to hav dual boot between mac os X and window xp my laptop spec is presario 1528ap pentium 4 1.8 mhz ( support sse2 ) ram 786 32 mb dedicated ati hdd --> 60 gb can someone tell me.......another question , i plan to change my processor to pentium 4 3.4mhz ( support both sse2 and sse3 ). anyone hav an experience to change the compaq laptop processor before???if yes can u refer me to the site.......thx thx a lot guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 You system should work fine with OSx86. You can't upgrade your laptop's processor to a P4 with SSE3 though. The only SSE3 Pentiums are for desktops only. There is only one SSE3 mobile processor and that is the AMD Turion. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-112958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish318 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I have the compaq presario 1535AP notebook.. P4 2.0 (SSE2) RAM 768 ATI Radeon IGP 340M 32 MB dedicated After installing 10.4.6 (JAS), sound does not work and cannot change the display resolution from 1024x768 default... i have mine hooked up to a acer 19" widescreen display (1440x900) but cant seem to have it upto that resolution. also QE/CI dont work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-113007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yon325 Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 ashish318...where did u get the acer 19" monitor...can it fit probably in presario??? how much and i plan to get one too....thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-113019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish318 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 i got the acer 19" monitor here in India.... it should cost you no more than $ 350 if you hunt around.. on XP it easily supports 1440x900 resolution Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-113025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yon325 Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 ashish318, can it fit into ur laptop??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-113028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashish318 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 it cant fit onto my laptop!!!!! i have it attached as an external monitor Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17498-is-my-compaq-spec-alright/#findComment-113099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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