nasdak Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 has x61s/x61/x61t been mentionned? excellent compatibilty screen size : 12" core2duo gmax3100 with full QE/CI ethernet : fully working wifi : needs to replace the wifi card Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1212719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabounet Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Something new in there? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1228120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall29 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I've got one of the best hackintosh around here: a compaq presario C500. Recently, wifi problem (a broadcom 4311 not switched on because of a mini-pci problem) has benn resolved with an ApplePCMCIA kext from CHun Nan. With Azalia audio, the laptop works 100% except for sleep/resume (as almost all laptops with OSX) and headphones (same here). It's a pretty old laptop, without any bling or fancy hardware (still an old GMA 950, 1,8Ghz Celeron processor, 1Gb RAM and 80Gb hard drive), but Leopard really screams on it and it even runs faster than windows XP... I can play HL2, for example, whereas on XP, it was so painfully slow that it was unplayable. So, if you're looking for a laptop for basic needs and if you can still find it, this old compaq C500 is the perfect match. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1254700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 thanks randall29 for the report. Sounds exactly like my Toshi. I could make the AppleHDA work following one of the manuals instead of the half-working Azalia but it would take several hours concentrated work. The C500 is not even sold on ebay (nor .com nor .de). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1254720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodongoXP Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Asus M50vm b2 laptop works like a charm with iatkos v7 except for the intel wifi link 5100 agn, but i have a compatible wifi usb adapter(dlink dwa 110) keyboard and mouse works with multi touch included with the voodoo driver video works fully acelerated at full speed with nvenabler sound works with voodoo hda ethernet works webcam works, i already tested it with ichat and photobooth currently using chameleon 2 rc1 fully upgradeable system capable, currently runing 10.5.8 with vanilla kernel used to work with iatkos v5 but works better with iatkos v7, for some reason never worked well with iPC ive been using osx on my laptop since mid june this year, installed in GPT HFS+ partioned drives with no problems i tried many games like flatout 2, railroad tycoon 3, unreal tournament 2004,civ 4, fate and xplane 9 and they run at full speed and sound great very happy with the result here is a review of my laptop including the specs http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4573 a link to photos and specs in new egg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220344 a complete success on my part Cheers David Montes de oca Segovia Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1269135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmphasiSAliasiS Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hi there ! I am running pretty well Snow Leopard under a HP DV6620ef laptop. Full 64bit. Proc : Pentium Dual Core T2310 1,46Ghz, ok, speedstep ok Mem : 2 Gb ok GPU : Geforce 8400m gs (QE/CI ok) -> natit Cam : suyin (working in Ichat, no photobooth support yet) Sound : alc268 (voodoohda for SL, works fine but no microphone) Keyboard/Trackpad : ok, running voodoops2 kext for SL, multitouch ok Chipset : intel ich8 ok SDcard port : RICOH not yet managed to get it working WLan : Bios whitelist hacked, replaced intel 3945 abg by a broadcom mini pcie card, natively working Optical Drives : ok, dvd burning ok Bootloader : Chameleon 2 RC3 - EFI 10.3 updated, ok Other OSes : Win 7 (dualboot) ok it's that damned Microsoft thing, don't blame, I play games System is stable, nothing to really be sad about, maybe sleep/hibernate, which I wish I can soon get to work ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1275056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 hi EmphasiSAliasiS, thanks for your great report! Can you give us a link where the DV6620ef 15.4" is still purchasable? About sleep: have you tried Sleepenabler yet? Or different ACPI kexts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1275533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmphasiSAliasiS Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Sorry, I wasn't able to find any available HP DV6620ef for sale on the net... It seems not to be sold anymore. Though, I'm living in france, so just try googling the name of the laptop, maybe you'll get more chance in your country Edit : I bought mine a year ago for around 450 euros. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1275815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 That's what I experience all the time when researching - many models are ONLY made for a specific market and cannot be purchased anywhere else. The HP DV6620ef even seems to have been discontinued totally. But anyway, it is good to know, because in my life used Laptops show up constantly, and then all these reports here come in very handy .. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1275915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabounet Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's what I experience all the time when researching - many models are ONLY made for a specific market and cannot be purchased anywhere else. The HP DV6620ef even seems to have been discontinued totally. But anyway, it is good to know, because in my life used Laptops show up constantly, and then all these reports here come in very handy .. I think the HP laptops with "ef" in the name are reserved to the european market, whereas those with "us" are reserved to the north american market. By the way, HP laptops equipped with C2D proc and nvidia graphic card (like dv4 & dv5 series) seems to be mostly compatible with osx86 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1280073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 well "mostly" just isn't enough for a potential hackBook. The basics LAN, Sound, Grfx QE/CI, Wireless (OK if replacement required), USB 2.0, Sleep + wake-up from sleep, Shutdown and Restart simply must work. either in Leo or SnowLeo. But yes, the rest of the periphery might be considered complementary for most people (unless somebody really needs Fírewire, Webcam, PCMCIA etc.). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1280693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
upgarde Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 The MacBook is a laptop and it has full hardware support and acceleration. Another comment Good! The laptop of mine he is so consistent FULL when I get home, I can put it on the dock! (you see, more compatible than full compatible!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1296404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenmaclover Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Sorry if this has already been discussed before, I'm considering buying a Lenovo T500 for work use, I don't plan to install Mac OS X on it immediately but I'd like to have that option open, the first post said the T series are compatible, but since that post dates back to 2006, I'm wondering is the current generation still compatible? Is that ATI mobility radeon 3650 supported? and what about multi-touch? also just out of curiousity, does the little red dot work in OS X? (personally I hate that red dot thingy from the beginning, but can't help my curious mind...lol) If this laptop is still fully compatible with the SL it will really be a great choice since I'm the type of person that just don't give a s**t about scratching laptops, to me they are tools meant to be used to do my work, so buying a real mac is not really an option for me since they need to be taken cared of, and I love the durability of lenovos.. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1307878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 @ stevenmaclover: Lenovo T500 site:insanelymac.com look at the search string, it is generic, you can use that for any search with Google - very efficient and successful, usually better than site's built-in search functionalities (esp. this forum's search .. ) I have done some heavy-duty research a few weeks ago which 15.4 and 17" models are the best HackBook Pros right now in terms of full compatibility, price and reviews/ratings, and the result is: 15.4": Dell Inspiron 1525, appr. $340 refurbished at the Dell Factory Outlet (you need to click your way through manually to the Inspiron 1525) 17": Gateway MX-8738, appr. $700 refurbished via Google Products (e.g. PacificGeek.com) Smaller units incl. all netbooks are not worth it because they all cannot compete with the Dell pricewise = in getting the most screen inches out of your bucks .. For the above models there are all tricks, drivers and DSDT.AMLs available, even for Snow. Slice has the Dell Inspiron 1525 on white powder kitty, that should say it all ... (he made a 100% perfect modded DSDT for it, sleep/shutdown/restart, USB EHCI/OHCI etc., RTC ....) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1308228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenmaclover Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 @ stevenmaclover: Lenovo T500 site:insanelymac.com look at the search string, it is generic, you can use that for any search with Google - very efficient and successful, usually better than site's built-in search functionalities (esp. this forum's search .. ) I have done some heavy-duty research a few weeks ago which 15.4 and 17" models are the best HackBook Pros right now in terms of full compatibility, price and reviews/ratings, and the result is: 15.4": Dell Inspiron 1525, appr. $340 refurbished at the Dell Factory Outlet (you need to click your way through manually to the Inspiron 1525) 17": Gateway MX-8738, appr. $700 refurbished via Google Products (e.g. PacificGeek.com) Smaller units incl. all netbooks are not worth it because they all cannot compete with the Dell pricewise = in getting the most screen inches out of your bucks .. For the above models there are all tricks, drivers and DSDT.AMLs available, even for Snow. Slice has the Dell Inspiron 1525 on white powder kitty, that should say it all ... (he made a 100% perfect modded DSDT for it, sleep/shutdown/restart, USB EHCI/OHCI etc., RTC ....) Thanks for the reply, I think I'm going to forgo the idea about a hackbook pro for now, as I'm really not a big fan of Dell's mushy trackpad button for the gateway, Since I already have a big and bulky 17" at home for my wife to watch movies on the bed, I really don't need another one of those laptop to crush my back so maybe I'll stay with T500 + Win 7 for a while (amazingly, Windows 7 improved so much from Vista I actually don't feel that bad) As long as I have my P5N7A-VM hackintosh at home Thanks for the effort in looking into this subject, I'll do more testing and tinkering around after I get my T500. Thanks again, appreciate it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1308418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 my wife is selling her macbook since she hardly uses it... she wants it to be replaced with another mac, but I doubt there is anything cheaper/slower out there... I was looking at the dell inspiron 1525... for around $300 you can get one used online. only downside I see is the intel wireless... can the cards be swapped out for a wireless card that is supported under OS X? or is a PCMCIA card the only alternative??? edit: was reading and apparently they use the Broadcom chip that is identical to the MacBooks... who was saying they use an Intel chip??? anyway... I'll be getting a 1525!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1314513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxelized Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 LG P1 Express Dual works great now that there is a solution for the X1400 resolution issue. Stock iDeneb (10.5.6) works except for the WiFi and built in ethernet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1338213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazard34sc Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I just bought a 16.4" Sony Vaio VGN-FW510F/B. I was wondering if it is compatible with any of the premodded OSX installation discs? If so which one. I checked the OSx86 wiki for any info but there isn't any on this laptop. Let me know thanks. Specs: Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor T6600 Features 2 processing cores, 800MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.2GHz processor speed per core. 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support 16.4" LCD widescreen display With 1600 x 900 resolution brings life to your movies and games. 500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics Dedicated A/V buttons Built-in MOTION EYE webcam Multimedia card reader i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 USB 2.0 ports Built-in Intel® WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/b/g/n) Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T Gigabit fast Ethernet LAN Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1344385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnunez1987 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Dell Latitude E6500 with nVIDIA Quadro NVS120M and Dell Wireless 1320 (Broadcom-based) works just fine with minimal post-installation tweaking. Installs with no issues. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1347841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smity_ap Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 HP pavilion dv3560ep Touchpad works well with two finger scroll (ALPS) Intel Core 2 Duo (2.26) 4GB ram GeForce 9300 QE/CI works well (tested on WoW 512 mb) Audio works well (mic, speaker, 2 output headphones) Wi-Fi intell 5100 not working Webcam Working well Lan works sleep,reboot,power off everything good Leopard 10.5.8 Updating with software update from 10.5.7 No kernel panic, no problem with mounting Sorry for my bad english) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1353130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.S. Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Toshiba A305 S6862 Core2duo 500GB HD 4GB RAM I used this laptop for about 8 months: Everything but wireless working near 100% (sometimes the audio ran away, specially after running Vist|XP ... a reboot fixed it; when changing video resolution on external monitor, it crashed sometimes... but no big deal for day to day use). Detailed specs on Toshiba Site... mine was stolen, so i can't detail it. PS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1353450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erehal Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hey I'm new to all this Apple stuff. I have always been a PC kinda guy but I recently noticed all the pros in having a mac. I was thinking of buying this HP laptop and was wondering if this Mac OS X 86 thing would work 100% on it (or at least I would like to know what wouldn't work). http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category...n!269764707 These are the specs on my customised version: Intel® Core i7-720QM Processor 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 320M - For i7 Processors 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768) LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support Webcam + Fingerprint Reader Intel Wireless-N Card Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1401005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eemerkacken Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hey I'm new to all this Apple stuff. I have always been a PC kinda guy but I recently noticed all the pros in having a mac. I was thinking of buying this HP laptop and was wondering if this Mac OS X 86 thing would work 100% on it (or at least I would like to know what wouldn't work). http://www.shopping.hp.com/series/category...n!269764707 These are the specs on my customised version: Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 320M - For i7 Processors 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768) LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support Webcam + Fingerprint Reader Intel Wireless-N Card It's easier to figure that out when apples launches their new Macbook Pro's, i read they'll probably use the i3-5-7 platform for those, so i suppose PC-Laptops with i3-5-7 will be easier to hackintosh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1401298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erehal Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Oh ok thanks that helps a little. But would anybody have any idea if anything on that laptop would or would not work for sure? I think the Wi-Fi won't work but I am willing to go without out due to the fact I will be dual booting with Windows 7. From what I have learned so far from being here for about 15 hours is that it mainly depends on the motherboard, proccessor and graphics card. If anyone knows if those things will be good for mac osx86 please reply. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1401566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Man Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Hello Everyone, I'm looking for a new laptop and want to run OSX on it. I've been looking around and the new Dell Studio 15 looks good, I just don't know how Hackintoshable it is? What do you guys think ? CPU Intel i5-520M Video ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 Wireless Dell 1520 Wireless-N Card Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20846-best-laptops-with-full-hardware-support-and-acceleration/page/10/#findComment-1413727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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