alduleimi Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) Hi All, After spending £400 on new laptop Acer Aspire 5044WLMi (AMD Turion64 Processor) only to find out it is impossible to install Mac OSX on it i decided to try my luck with another Acer aspire machine (with Intel Celeron this time) but to avoid double disappointment i just seek some experienced advice before going further and i would appreciate any comment/advice The machine specs are as below : Acer Aspire 3682WXMi Bluetooth Built-in Webcam (Is there a chance for it work under MacOSX ?) Intel Celeron 420 Processor 512 MB RAM 80 GB Hdd 14.1" TFT screen DVD-RW optical drive 5 in 1 card reader 0.3MP Orbicam 12 months warranty Up to 2.5 hours battery life Graphics : Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Number of USB Ports 4 Operating System : Microsoft Vista™ Home Basic (Thinking of Dual-Boot with Mac OSX) Optical Drive DVD-RW Product Depth 26.5 cm Product Height 2.93 cm Product Width 35.8 cm Wi-Fi The Prices is : £379.93 (740.612 USD) The laptop page from acer website : http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/as3680.htm Looking forward for you valuable comments Regards, Edited February 10, 2007 by alduleimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasys Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I would rather get a MacBook or so...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alduleimi Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hello Prasys, Don't you think i wish to get real mac machine ? but the cheapest MacBook here in UK is £749.00 (New) and £549.00 (Refurbished) !! I am hoping to sell my 1st acer machine (hardly ever used) and put the money towards the new one. Please again just a word of advice from the expert here cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 If you have the money, you should upgrade to a Core Duo or even a 2 Duo. Celeron like it has been said before, doesn't really cut it these days. On that page, I couldn't really see the exact specs for the wireless or the sound card. You want to pay attention to those as well, or else you'll have a wonderful OSX OS without wireless or sound . Otherwise, it looks like a pretty good machine. You may also want to bump up the ram to a gig if you can. Just my 0.02$ Take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alduleimi Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) Hi De-Rail appreciate your comments, here are some more info. - Mobile Intel 940GML Express Chipset - Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wireless - HDD : ATA/100 - Sound : Intel (Not sure about the model) - Acer ObriCam i am buying this machine from a hypermarket (tesco.com) so i don't really have the option to modify the specs, also as far as i know (correct me if i am wrong) Duo-core processors won't really work on Hackintosh and need to be disabled. I also planning to add another 512MB memory card. Cheers, alduleimi Edited February 11, 2007 by alduleimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Rail Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I believe you're correct about the dual processors, however if you were ever going to go back to Windows ( ) it might be beneficial to have the core duo, but from what you've said, it's out of your control anyway. I couldn't find anything on your wireless card and OSX86, so its going to be a hit or miss type of thing. If wireless doesn't matter for you then go for it, I'd just be careful as theres a chance it won't work and seen as how I can't find anything when I search the forums, theres a good chance that there won't be a driver anytime soon. Just a word of caution. Also, when you find out the exact sound card model, I'd do a search in the wiki and the forum to see what kind of luck people have had with theirs. Good Luck m8! DeRail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alduleimi Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi again, To be honest as the machine comes with Vista i was planning to resize the partition then install Mac OSX to have dual-boot and again i don't really have choice when it comes to laptop specs. Now another question (for real mac lovers) how much a macbook will cost ? i always thought apple machines are cheapr in US is there any other place apart from apple store where you can buy macbook for good price ? i have some friends in US who can buy the laptop and send it to me. My budget is $750 to $800 Max (i still need to pay for shipping to UK) Cheers, alduleimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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