SriSri Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hello, I just got a Dell Latitude D800 from my dad. I want to experiment with OS X on it, since I already have it working on my desktop. Well, I'm not entirely sure what is in this laptop, so this is what I know, and if anyone has something similar please fix my list: Intel Pentium M "Dothan" 1.70 GHz SSE2 Intel i855PM Motherboard Chipset 256 MB DDR PC 2100 RAM 30GB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GO FX 5200 CDRW/DVDROM combo drive Broadcom 570x Gigabit NIC Intel 2200bg wireless Anything else important? Will it work with Mac OS X Tiger? OT: also, I noticed that when I go to the "properties" window in XP after I right click "My Computer" it says my processor (Pentium M 1.70 GHz) but below that it says 598 MHz. Does that mean my CPU is running at only 598 MHz and not the 1.70 it should be? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 it should work, try and ya'll see Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/#findComment-464711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SriSri Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 Will 256MB of RAM handle OS X well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/#findComment-465163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinswong Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 you need 1G ram Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/#findComment-495350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SriSri Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 ok well time to bring this back! I've upgraded to 1.25 gigs of ram, am I tiger/leopard ready? I'm downloading it right now, hopefully it'll be done tonight so i can give her a shot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/#findComment-499950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SriSri Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 Someone please help, I cannot get any Nvidia driver to install for my graphics card. I've tried the one that comes with the 10.4.8 JaS image, I've tried macvidia, neither works. If I install the one off the DVD the laptop won't boot at all, it hangs at the blue screen before the getting started video. If I don't install that driver, it works, but the max resolution is 1024x768. I then tried to install macvidia, which then left me with a non-working install. It won't boot. What driver is out there for my graphics card, or am I stuck with 1024x768 and a really slow system? It is a Nvidia GeForce GO FX 5200. Also, I've noticed my intel 2200bg internet is really slow, never saw that in XP or Ubuntu. I've installed the wireless driver thing that starts with IW, forgot the name. Any reasons why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65605-need-help-someone-tell-me-if-my-hardware-will-work/#findComment-501561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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