glassJAw Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Hello everyone. I need a pc for college and I reaaaaaaaaally want a regular Macbook but the price is pretty insane. I found out about running OSx on personal computers and I've been scouring these forums about laptops but I can't seem to find any solid laptops to use... Anyone have any ideas? I don't want to pay a lot for a laptop. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fOZf8 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Well, if you get something with a Dothan in it, be sure it's a 533mhz based core, the 400mhz dothans don't have pae or nx control, so many have osx installation issues as mine does as well. Be sure it's something with compliant intel chipsets, your best bet would be to search through this forum and find specific models people have commented on about being fully functional...and the wicki of course, thats why its there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I would recommend Thinkpads.... they are not called TankPads for nothing But I think they are even more expensive than MacBooks I have one and I'm loving it.... though is kinda old and I'm thinking of replaccing it with a black MB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I've had pretty good luck with my Dell Inspiron 6000..especially since Callisto. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzaman Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I have installed it without any problems on my Averatec 3260 Sempron 2800+. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 Thanks guys With the Averatec 3260, are you having any display problems? The video card looks to be a S3.. Well it looks like it has no use to me Looks to be made for the UK market. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarat Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Thinkpad R50e works well. Cheap laptop too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 If your on a budget - I got a Dell Inspiron 1300 (B130 stateside name) for £350 new. It has a Celeron M 1.5ghz but I did the pin mod to make it 2.00ghz and its a pretty decent machine now - only sound doesn't work until the driver is finished but that is underway and going well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I've installed it (successfully..but) with some problems on my toshiba qosmio G20... problems are: Sound card Wi-fi connection Tv-tuner (but...I think it'll be never fixed up!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-152982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakaas Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 im running OS X on my ASUS z63a. almost flawlessly. My only problem is that my wifi card doesnt work. That and i have to plug in an external monitor or VGA dongle to it when booting up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-153717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliveirapaulo Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I've successfully installed OSX86 on my Acer Travelmate 4202WLMi. Almost everything is working: except WIFI driver, under development! Cheers, Paulo Oliveira Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-153760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 iand i have to plug in an external monitor or VGA dongle to it when booting up. Do this: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?ac...ost&id=1522 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-153762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo50t Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hello everyone. I need a pc for college and I reaaaaaaaaally want a regular Macbook but the price is pretty insane. I found out about running OSx on personal computers and I've been scouring these forums about laptops but I can't seem to find any solid laptops to use... Anyone have any ideas? I don't want to pay a lot for a laptop. Thanks I have a HP Pavillion zd8230us, I have been able to install OS X with very minimal time required to get full Video, Sound and Wifi to work. Most of this all worked out of the box. I was really suprised how easy my installation went. I am now running 10.4.7 with no problems after 6months uptime. here are some shots of my system. Al_s_Computer2.tiff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-158899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyretard Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 check my sig... got it @ Best Buy for $400 after $250 instant rebate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-159147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thor486 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I successfully installed osx86 10.4.5 on my asus a7jc. I had to take from forum 10.4.3 kext for the realtek alc882 codec, now it works but I don't have sound on external speakers and volume control. The worst thing is neither the wireless card (intel 3945abg) and wired card (realtek 8168 pci-e) work. About the graphic card, I have perfect video support only on external monitor with boris fix, with callisto drivers the system hangs on resolution change, now I use the osx86 ati drivers in mirror mode at 1152x864 with QE/CI support. The bluetooth card works out of the box and the same for the optical drive. Integrated mic and cam, mmc reader, tv tuner don't work. I'm thinking about changing my wireless adapter with a compatible one or to buy and usb to ethernet adapter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-160399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubi_won Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 DellD 800 or D600 used Jas 10.4.6 with SSE2 patch Out of the box working: Audio, video at 1024x768x32, keyboard, trackpad, trackpoint. Not working: onboard ethernet, wireless (Intel BG2200 story), sleep. Here is what I have found to fix a few items: Battery indicator can be found here (works on many laptops): http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=14912 Also got onboard nic working by using the notes here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...amp;#entry73971 And full 1680x1050x32 video support from macvidia driver here: http://macvidia.starchaser.org/ There is also a cool widgit at here that will show you your current driver on your system and the driver that is currently availble on line: http://macvidia.starchaser.org/boards/macv...dia-widget.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-160567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondergod Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I have an hp dv1520, setupa paperclip vga loopback and wifi don't work so I got a seperate usb adapter. Other than that everything is smooth...details are in the HCL for 10.4.6, btw i'm running 10.4.7 HP dv1520 on the 10.4.6 HCL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22984-who-has-been-lucky-with-laptops/#findComment-160606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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