Firemac Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 If you were going to build a hackintosh out of a PC laptop what would be your choice (Make & Model) and why? I know some of you are experts out there and I would really like to hear from you. It would be great to build one with a very good graphics card. If you have built one and/or have knowledge of this subject I encourage you to share your expertise with the rest of us. Thanks so much to all of you who take the time to share your knowledge with the rest of us who are lay men and women. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loccy Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I have just Hackintoshed a Sony Vaio TX. One of the tiniest laptops on the planet - a bit underpowered, but I was happy to pay the price to get a machine that I could slip into a document wallet. Most important things work either out of the box or with a little hacking. Ethernet, I had to play with the plist, and to get the laptop's native screen to realise it had a widescreen mode I used SwitchResX. Otherwise, spot on. Graphics subsystem works beautifully, sound, disk controller. Things that don't work - the wireless controller (the Intel 3945ABG is still unsupported, although people are working on a driver) and the SD and Sony media card slots (although I have yet to even try to get them to work - there might be a simple driver out there, I just haven't looked yet). But in terms of just powering it on, and everything that needs to work, works - it's great, and far more portable than any Mac on the market. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-426977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loccy Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Add power management to the list of "working" above. courtesy of http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=14912 and keithpk, who clearly kicks arse. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-427009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBMrider86 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I just got 10.4.8 running on my Inspiron 6000. With 1GB of ram, and a 60GB hard drive, it runs like a dream. Thanks to the guys that made the network selector app, I'm able to use my wireless card. Only two things stopping it from perfection though (Trackpad doesn't scroll;a lot of the kexts I've tried make it too touchy;and when I close my lid, the backlight shuts off, and when I open it, the backlight won't come back on). Wish I knew how to fix that, but everything else works beautifully. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-427146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemac Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thanks Loccy and FB, I really appreciate your help. I twould be nice tohear from some more people who have also made the leap into placing OSX86 on thier laptop.Thanks Loccy and FB, I really appreciate your help. I twould be nice tohear from some more people who have also made the leap into placing OSX86 on thier laptop. Fb what version of OSX did you use? I used upchucks 10.4.9Thanks Loccy and FB, I really appreciate your help. I twould be nice to hear from some more people who have also made the leap into placing OSX86 on thier laptop. FB what version of OSX did you use? I used upchucks 10.4.9 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-427796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adowoMAC Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I think you should have one or two looks to the listing on http://wiki.osx86project.org. There are hundreds of notebooks practically tested. Hendrik Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-427828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemac Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thanbks. I will sure use the link as a point of reference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60015-best-laptopnotebook-to-build-a-hackintosh/#findComment-427831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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