ChemicalFission Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I just have a few questions for you experts out there: First off, Im wondering what version of OSX would work better for my Alienware M9700 AMD w/ NVIDIA RAID 0... Here is my Hardware List, alienware Aurora m9700 AB040 2048 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory NVIDIA STRIPE 149.06G [Hard drive] (160.05 GB) -- drive 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 2.00 gigahertz AMD Turion 64 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready Controllers Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x) Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller Ricoh MMC Host Controller Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) Bus Adapters FUJITSU MHV2080BH (2x) NVIDIA nForce RAID Class Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller VIDEO CARD NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS [Display adapter] Multimedia SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Networking Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Realtek RTL8185 54M Wireless LAN Network Adapter So now that the hardware is listed, I would also like to let you know that I have tried many diff versions, (LEO, JAS, KALYWAY etc..) and should i use 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 Thank you for your time! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201916-alienware-m9700-and-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenblaz Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Have you had any luck with this? I am a n00b @ "hackintoshing" and am looking for some info on how to do this on a M9700 that I have laying around and want to make it a web design laptop. JT Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201916-alienware-m9700-and-osx/#findComment-1389695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
axemanau Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Have you had any luck with this? I am a n00b @ "hackintoshing" and am looking for some info on how to do this on a M9700 that I have laying around and want to make it a web design laptop. JT seems no one wants to touch this one lol...I just picked one up today and have been searching for a distro to go on it....I have tried 3 so far and they will install but on boot they stop just before you would usually see the apple logo...will keep trying and report back here to let you guys know how i went rod Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201916-alienware-m9700-and-osx/#findComment-1422602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zawx Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Well, anything with an AMD-processor in it will be a huge problem. If you get it running, it will be unstable at best. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/201916-alienware-m9700-and-osx/#findComment-1423265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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