Lassa Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Aloha developers of osx86. Let me start by exoress my honors to you guys. I find your project magnificent! That you guys are able to reverseengineer osx is totaly amazing. Being an electronics engineer my self, I totaly see the challenge. I'm considering to buy a new laptop now. - And I'm thinking 17 inches... I would buy a mac, but a macbook with 17 inches just costs way too much! thats why I want to buy a regular laptop and install os x 86 on it. And this is the funky part . I want the developers of os X 86 to deside which laptop I should you. (Because I want to buy the 17" laptop that will run osx86 smoothest. I want every component to be supported by osx86.) Price range: $1000-2000. So, what do you think? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcodori Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 The only laptop that is made to work with OSX is a macbook or macbook pro. Anything else is a hack, and you have to weigh how much you are willing to compromise (no sound, no sleep, etc). Time is money, also. For 1K to 2K you can get a real mac and not have to worry if a program will work, hardware is compatible or if an update will kill your system. Apple sells refurb macbooks for $845 and they have a 1 year warranty. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/#findComment-477604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daff Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 hm ..refurb? where i can get it ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/#findComment-477615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Apple refurbished store. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/#findComment-477690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I agree with Gcodori. I've installed OSx86 on several laptops (Dell Inspiron 1150, Dell Inspiron 1300) with varying levels of success. The Dell Inspiron 1300 has everything (Graphics with Core Image and Quartz Extreeme, Networking, Wireless, Power Management) except for Sound. For $1000-2000, you would probably be better off getting a real Mac. If you are looking into Desktops, you can custom-build your PC based on specs from OSx86 Project's Hardware Wiki (That's what I did). --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/#findComment-477693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 For that money get a MacBook (13" is not that bad!!) and put 2GB of memory and the 160GB hard drive (~$1500 minus the student discount). I have installed 10.4.10 on my IBM/Lenovo T60p and I have everything working (minus the sleep) but was not that easy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67290-laptop-for-os-x-86/#findComment-477974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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