Treamer Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Hi Guys, Please forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong place. Totally new to this. Anyway, I would really like an opinion on the following laptop's compatibillity for running OSX. Acer Aspire 9420 Processor & Chipset Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, featuring: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor with up to 4 MB L2 Cache, supporting Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T) Mobile Intel® 945PM/GM Express chipset Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology Memory DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules HDD ATA/100 hard disc drive Storage DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive 5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD) Display 17.1" WXGA+ high-brightness (200 nit) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 pixel resolution, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™ 16.7 million colours Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 with up to 256 MB TurboCache™ (128 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 128 MB of shared system memory), supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, Shader Model 3.0, OpenEXR High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology, NVIDIA® PowerMizer® 6.0, PCI Express® or Mobile Intel® 945GM Express chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, up to 224 MB of shared system memory, supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and PCI Express® DualView™ support MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support Acer Arcade™ featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologies Multimedia Intel® high-definition audio support S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers Two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers Sound Blaster Pro™ and MS Sound compatible Built-in microphone I would love to know what will work and what wont behand. Please any advice you have to offer about possible fixes. Regs, Marcus. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42053-laptop-opinion-needed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 afaik, nobody (or maybe its just hardly anyone) has yet gotten both cores on a dual-core laptop to work. most folks have to disable one core to get OSX to run at a decent speed. check the tutorials section - in the stickied bit there are the 'compilations' (or as i like to call them, the 'State of the Art') - have a look there for info, or check the HCLs on our wiki. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42053-laptop-opinion-needed/#findComment-300672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thade Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 both cores working perfectly on HP DV9220US: Core2 Duo 1.6 (both cores working) sound: OK (no headphone out yet) GeForce Go 7600 256MB: QE,CI (natit) wired lan: OK wireless lan (no deal) Belkin USB wireless working sata: working dvd burner: working remote: volume works Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/42053-laptop-opinion-needed/#findComment-300859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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