Just bought a netbook with GMA x4500/4500MHD. Should I return it?

[InsanelyMark]

I've never done a hackintosh. I just bought a netbook as a gift for my girlfriend. I chose it because it's her favorite color, has an 11.6" 1366x768 screen and has a dual-core celeron with 2gb of RAM for the same price as all the Atom/10.1" 1024x600/1gb netbooks as well as a decent graphics chipset (GMA 4500MHD).

 

I did do research beforehand, and saw people talking about getting Mac OS X to work on laptops with GMA 4500MHD. However, since I've since a Windows guy, I didn't know about Quartz Extreme or whatever it is. It seems like there's a great hackintoshing community but it also seems like there's not a lot of progress with getting OS X support for 4500MHDs besides some people getting native res.

 

I'm willing to do whatever I can to get it working, i.e. muck around with "kexts" which I assume are analogous to drivers/infs. I just want it to work well for her after I'm done.

 

So, my question is should I return it and get a different one? What are other 4500MHD owners' OS X experiences? Can you watch non-flash video? If you had the choice, would you get a system with a different graphics adapter? I guess the other option would be an HP Mini 311. Should I get that, or just forget it and get a 10.1" netbook? I previously looked at a Toshiba NB205.

 

Edit: Please delete this, I moved it to the hardware forum.

[holyfield]

GMA x4500/4500MHD is problematic video card. You can install OSX on your machine probably, but some apps will not work, like DVD player and most Apple Pro apps like Final Cut and etc. Of cource you can use VLC Player instead of DVD player and if you are using only for web browsing your comp, it should work.

 

If you plan to buy a new comp and want to run Mac OS on this, then ALWAYS choose hardware which is very similar to original Apple comp. Of course its smart to choose even better hardware, but use then some IT geek help, who can figure out does your hardware is Mac OS compatible.