omero72 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hello, I'm an absolute beginner on OSX86, i.e. I've never installed MAC OS X 10.x on any hardware so far. I'd like to install MAC OS X 10.5.x (preferably 10.5.8) to my Lenovo N500 3000, which contains Intel GMA4500M as the graphics processor chip. However, while I was browsing the Hardware Components and Drivers forum's "Graphics Cards Subscribe - Intel" section I've come across this post which wrote Forget about watching DVD movies with Intel GMA4500 Could he/she be referring to MAC OS X 10.6.x for this? He/she didn't explicitly say that I can watch DVD movies with 10.5.x installed on an Laptop with Intel GMA4500 GPU. I'm planning to install 10.5.x on my Lenovo with Intel GMA4500M GPU, so I need clarification about it before I start, thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameci Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 There is no native support for GMA4500 on any versions of OSX. No QE/CI, no graphics acceleration, no movie. Hope it answered your queries. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/#findComment-1554664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
omero72 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 There is no native support for GMA4500 on any versions of OSX. No QE/CI, no graphics acceleration, no movie. Hope it answered your queries. Thanks, it answered the question. Then there's no point in installing Mac OS X to this laptop with that GPU, I guess. I 'll search for the possibility of replacing its GPU now because I'm intent on using it with MAC OS X. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/#findComment-1554722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Take Tiger with an older version of VLC Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/#findComment-1554733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
omero72 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 Thank you for the suggestion. The Laptop I was talking about had Ubuntu on it and I had forgotten its root password. Therefore I wasn't able to check its hardware specs from the first hand and could only tell from the Lenovo N500 3000 specs I found on the Internet. But later I got my hands on its Ubuntu as root and checked with the HW specs (usign the command #lshw -c display) and I saw nVidia GeForce 9300M as the GPU (what a nice surprise) I also learned that my model of Lenovo was NS76QTX and verified its GPU also on the Internet (here, one example So, now the question becomes: Do OSX86 natively support GeForce 9300M? I ask this because at the OSX86 Apple Hardware pages GeForce 9300M is not listed, though a very similar 9400M is present. Just want to make sure that this Laptop is natively fit for the OSX86, thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/#findComment-1554933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameci Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 you can try... downside side is, you must do a lot of backreading... happy hacking. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/232962-forget-about-watching-dvd-movies-with-intel-gma4500-gpu/#findComment-1555059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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