Peacabbage Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I'm getting ready to purchase a sub-$1000 laptop, but haven't really made up my mind which one. It'd be a plus if it ran OS X well. Any suggestions? Justin Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLS Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 For the "compatibility" part, I recommand you take a look at the HCL : http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL No good recommandation from me. All I can say is that if you can gather from a few sources that the model you want works well with osx86, it really will work well and it will perform. If you can wait a few months, you could also consider getting an iBook with Intel and run Windows and OSX on it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacabbage Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 I went over the list, but like you said, I'd like to hear it from a few sources I forgot how close the switch will be from now. Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to buy something now though. I suppose I'll just get something really inexpensive and try to sell it when the new stuff comes out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 iBook with Intel will probably be closer to $2K than $1K At around $800 Dell700M installs well with generic release1 and is a good subnotebook, although can't get coreimage, QE ok but not fast. Any Intel 915G based notebook out there should be even better but slightly more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 not a toshiba ati chipsset suck, acpi dont work (on every UNIX) Linux ATI driver almost never work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland77 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 not a toshiba ati chipsset suck, acpi dont work (on every UNIX) Linux ATI driver almost never work LOL Ati always sucks; even on windows they havent been able to remove the "free wallhack" with msn-popups in games... Ati crossfire sucks... their motherboards suck... they had their "moment of glory" with the 9600 and 9800, now they are just biting Nvidia's dust. On linux, nvidia drivers are great, ati hasnt even released one yet, as far as I know :s AMD and Nvidia for life I think the best bang-for-ur-buck is the dell 600, its sub 1000 and it has the gma graphics; try to get the intel version, not the celeron one, and get the gma graphics chipset. Maybe if ur lucky u could get 1024 ram instead of 512... thats ur best bet for that amount of money I suppose. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 LOL Ati always sucks; even on windows they havent been able to remove the "free wallhack" with msn-popups in games... Ati crossfire sucks... their motherboards suck... they had their "moment of glory" with the 9600 and 9800, now they are just biting Nvidia's dust. On linux, nvidia drivers are great, ati hasnt even released one yet, as far as I know :s As I see you don't like ATI. But what you are saying it's not true: ATI provides Linux driver and there are working well. For exemple I play UT2004, Enemy territory & Postal 2 on a HP nc6000 in Suse 9.3 (ATI 9600 with 32MB). At least Peacabbage want to know what's working in OSX and not in your XP or Linux. At this moment only a i915G VGA is supported, ATI & NVIDIA aren't working fine (no QE, no openGL) @Peacabbage: Take care that you have the i915G chipset with integrated VGA and a supported LAN card in you laptop and you will have fun with OSX on this PC. I can't provide you a manufacturer or a modell, but I think if you google a little bit, you will find such a laptop for 1000$ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-21967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacabbage Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 I've been keeping an eye out for laptops w/ the intel 915 chipset, but it's not easy, as not everyone makes the specs easy to find. I am actually interested in hearing how well the laptop works with other operating systems. It will boot windows and linux also. I'll mainly use windows at work, and OS X at home. If OS X gets to the point where it simply will not run on non-apple hardware, then I'll just go back to linux. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-22011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortis Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 my 915 toshiba works fine with linux. ACPI works in linux and OSX Problems with the GMA900 (need to boot with ext monitor or OSX) Wireless doesnt work (Intel pro 2200) NIC doesnt work (Marvell) So..... If you can, wait for an oficial apple (or until more drivers are released) Satellite m45sp351 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-22033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLS Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 iBook with Intel will probably be closer to $2K than $1K It's not like Apple to make important changes to the prices of their products, they prefer to adapt the performance so that they can always get well-defined product lines. Ati always sucks; [...]AMD and Nvidia for life Okay, how are those gamer issues relevant here, and what is the justification for the AMD recommandation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-22156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
would_pay_for_mac_on_x86 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 iBook with Intel will probably be closer to $2K than $1K At around $800 Dell700M installs well with generic release1 and is a good subnotebook, although can't get coreimage, QE ok but not fast. Any Intel 915G based notebook out there should be even better but slightly more. hey...what is the impact of having QE but not CI on x86? or vice versa? i always thought that that QE was a function of having a mac with at least a 32MB graphics card...and the only thing i can recall you get out of it is a ripple effect in the Widgets, maybe the dock animation was smoother or something... but i never remember apple saying what was needed for CI.... or what it buys me... is CI for speedup, like screensavers? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-24418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacabbage Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/coreimage/ http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-24543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
would_pay_for_mac_on_x86 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 thanks...apple is very obtuse though. i'm looking for a functional list something like: QE ---- - allows ripple effect in widget - blah blah blah CI --- - allows 30fps when playing Quicktime videos... - allows smoother page scrolling in Safari btw, i am just making this up. i don't know which technolgy leads to which benefit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-24552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.mobile Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) thanks...apple is very obtuse though. i'm looking for a functional list something like: QE ---- - allows ripple effect in widget - blah blah blah CI --- - allows 30fps when playing Quicktime videos... - allows smoother page scrolling in Safari btw, i am just making this up. i don't know which technolgy leads to which benefit. Try to study HP M2206AP. I am now using it to reply your post. I think it will cost less than $(6000/8). Maybe suitable for you. Intel 915G Motherboard Intel Celeron M 1.5G CPU Intel GMA 900 Video 256MB DDR Memory 40GB HDD Combo Drive RTL 8139 NIC ... Edited December 4, 2005 by blue.mobile Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/3431-whiche-laptop-to-buy/#findComment-33883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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