Joe Anstett Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I used to play with the JAS 10.4.x builds and stopped about a year and a half ago, as I got real Macs. Now, I have a Thinkpad X40 that has freed up and I want to go OSX86 on it (I want the benefits of the Macbook Air without the price and crippling lack of features and size), but I'm out of the loop and could use your advice. I'm d/l'ing Kalyway assuming that's a good place to get started. Some questions: 1) Does autoupdate still break the hacked kernel? Is there anyway to run a Hackintosh and system update without it breaking? I thought I had read something about that recently. 2) My Thinkpad has an older Intel GMA (855?) chipset. Last go around I couldn't get quartz. Anybody know if this has improved? 3) Integrated wireless didn't work last time. Has this improved? Thanks for your help, sorry if I'm annoying anybody with stupid questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 1) Does autoupdate still break the hacked kernel? Is there anyway to run a Hackintosh and system update without it breaking? I thought I had read something about that recently. The EFI emulation layer allows use of the unmodified Apple kernels on Intel hardware, so I think it is solved. At least the last update to 10.4.11 seemed to install on my iMac and Hackintosh the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 What are you planning to install, 10.4 or 10.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software Updater Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Depending on which one you choose the integrated wireless is getting fixed. Like my HP DV9008NR wireless worked out of the box in 10.4 but not in 10.5 so it all depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 10.4 Tiger is a good place to start, to get some experience with OSx86. Once you are familiar with the install process and all, you can try 10.5 Leopard, which is in some cases easier to install than Tiger because almost everything is automated. The hardest part is getting the right options and settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Anstett Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks for the quick replies. I'd prefer Leopard but I can go with Tiger if needed. I guess the next step for me is to look into the EFI loaders, which I didn't know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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