TubeExperience Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 It has been 5 years now that Apple has discontinued 17" MacBook Pro. My old Late 2011 can't live forever, esp. with the Radeongate issue the 2011 is prone to. ...so, I have been looking for a hackintosh replacement. Anyway, what are some of the laptops that I should considered? I am well aware that dual graphics switching is totally unsupported. HP offers the build-to-order (BTO) HP ENVY 17 with Intel Core i7-6700HQ + Intel HD Graphics 530 (NO Discrete Graphics) which could be a good option. Obviously, the suggestion box is wide open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hello and Welcome to InsanelyMac. This HP ENVY 17 sounds very good, and the Intel HD 530 is fully compatible until 10.11.4. But you know if the other devices are compatible? E.g: WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, etc...? And don't forget a thing. Hackintosh is not 100% OOB as an Macbook, sometimes what you want will work or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubeExperience Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hello and Welcome to InsanelyMac. This HP ENVY 17 sounds very good, and the Intel HD 530 is fully compatible until 10.11.4. But you know if the other devices are compatible? E.g: WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, etc...? And don't forget a thing. Hackintosh is not 100% OOB as an Macbook, sometimes what you want will work or not... Hi, thanks for the greetings. Is there a beginner's guide? I've been reading here and everything is so overwhelming. I think I need to go a few steps at a time and not jump right in. I do see that others have already done prior work with this laptop: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/310013-hp-envy-17-6700hq-intel-hd-530-partially-working/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Until 10.11.4 is wrong Allan. HD530 still works till this day, however if your DVMT Pre-alloc is smaller than 64MB you will have flickering screen which is unusable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Until 10.11.4 is wrong Allan. HD530 still works till this day, however if your DVMT Pre-alloc is smaller than 64MB you will have flickering screen which is unusable Wow, nice know that! Thanks @vusun123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vatoesse Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Go with an HP, brother. I have an 8470p and literally every hardware component is supported. The only thing one must do is replace the WiFi module. The rest, power management, sleep, sound(AppleHDA -NOT- voodoo), accelerated graphics, trackpad(with 2-finger & 3-finger), bluetooth, firewire, usb, ethernet--it all works perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Go with an HP, brother. I have an 8470p and literally every hardware component is supported. The only thing one must do is replace the WiFi module. The rest, power management, sleep, sound(AppleHDA -NOT- voodoo), accelerated graphics, trackpad(with 2-finger & 3-finger), bluetooth, firewire, usb, ethernet--it all works perfectly That one is supported by Rehabman, and yes I have the 8470p too, a beast of a machine. Currently running with an eGPU - GTX 770 for a little gaming as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donw35 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I am using HP Elitebook 800 G3, you have top replace the Wifi/Bluetooth module but other then that, fully working system with 10.14.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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