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It’s been two years since the last Hackintosh thread’s OP has been updated, so here’s a new thread with a bit more info available in one spot.   Note well: It is pretty much a given that you will run into trouble at some point when it comes to creating a Hackintosh. Whether it’s something minor or major, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be the only one to have experienced your problems. This thread, Google and various forums around the internet will be your best friends. Be prepared to sink a few hours or even days into this project It should also go without saying that you will, when installing updates or any software that meddles with the system too much, be not very far from possibly hosing your install and data. For your sake and everyone else's, clone regularly. TIME MACHINE BACKUPS WILL BARELY HELP IF YOU gently caress YOUR OS INSTALL UP Create complete clones of your OS X install at the very least before any point updates. Your best bet is Carbon Copy Cloner, which costs $39/£25/€33. Trust me, you cannot be too paranoid :siren:I’ll be splitting this OP into three posts: 1: Glossary/FAQs 2: Installation information/Bootflags 3: Links to resources :siren:Glossary of terms:siren: Bootloader: A bootloader is the first bridge between your PC and OS X. Any who has ever used GRUB will feel at home. Can be used to apply boot parameters to enable graphics support for certain cards, boot in safe mode, etc. The two most popular are Chameleon and Chimera (a fork of Chameleon). boot.plist: The config file for your bootloader. Lets you add extra parameters permanently to enable graphics, prevent kernel panics, etc. DSDT: Stands for Differentiated System Description Table. Without going into too much information, it contains the info which allows your operating system to communicate with your hardware. Due to an incomplete ACPI implementation in OS X, you may need to edit your DSDT for your motherboard to enable certain hardware support. GraphicsEnabler: A boot option in Chameleon/Chimera which enables a large selection of graphics cards to work fully without the need for modifying kexts, etc. iAtkos/iDeneb/etc.: These are customised distributions, essentially copies of OS X which come prepackaged with drivers and tools to make installation easier. Whether you should use them comes down to your circumstances which will be discussed further down. It should be noted that these count as :filez: so don’t discuss where you can find them. Kernel Panic: A pain in the arse. Like a Windows Blue Screen of Death, but can provide more information (e.g. which kext is causing the panic). The most common cause of these on a Hackintosh is a poorly configured piece of hardware. Kexts: A file with a .kext extension which is essentially like a driver. Can be modified to add additional support by adding customised device/vendor IDs. You will often find various kexts for devices online. QE/CI: Quartz Extreme/Core Image. The underlying hardware acceleration system for graphics in OS X. Will only work on a compatible/properly set up graphics card. Verbose boot: Instead of booting with the standard gray Apple logo, verbose boot shows all the background processes that are running as the system boots. This will be your best friend when setting up your system. :siren:FAQs:siren: Is this legal? Putting this first as it gets asked all the time. Simple fact is that there’s no straight answer, it depends on where you live, etc. However, legal or not, Apple don’t like you doing this. That said, you’re not going to end up with your local law enforcement knocking on your door for setting one up for personal use. [color=red]However, just because the legality is questionable, don’t be a dick. If you’re going to use OS X as your main OS, at least have the courtesy to pay for it[/color] How viable is a Hackintosh as a daily use computer? Extremely viable. Making a Hackintosh is now much easier and the results are much more stable than they were a few years ago. A well setup Hackintosh is as stable as a real mac and just as good (if not better) in terms of performance. Can I run OS X on my Pentium III rig with 256mb RAM and Riva TNT2 graphics? No. Okay, what are the minimum requirements? Basically, any processor that runs on a Yonah board or better should run OS X with varying degrees of success. However, for best results, a Core processor running on Sandy Bridge (As of May 2012, at least) is recommended. Can I run OS X on an Ivy Bridge board? Yes, there is a hacked kernel available at Tonymacx86 (Link in the third post), however, as of May 2012 it is not recommended due to no shipping macs running Ivy Bridge and custom kernels being a real last resort in the Hackintosh world. Can I run OS X on a netbook with an Atom processor Yes, though, again, with a custom kernel, but it is based on the 10.7.1 kernel. While you can use this in builds higher than that (i.e. 10.7.4), it is highly unrecommended for security and stability reasons. Can I run OS X with an AMD processor? Yes, using a custom kernel and various customised kexts. Thus, once again, not recommended. Why are you advising against boards/processors other than Intel? Are you a fanboy? No. In the simplest terms, to achieve maximum stability, you want to use as few modified components that come in the system as possible. Using custom kernels and modified kexts will mean something will break more easily. If you stick with hardware that closely mimics real macs, you’ll have less issues, especially when it comes to update to the latest build. Will my graphics chip work? As a general rule, Nvidia seems to have better compatibility with the least amount of hassle, but plenty of AMD chips work too. Google is your friend. Can I use Intel Integrated Graphics? While some Intel graphics chips are fully compatible, most aren’t, so exercise caution. My graphics card doesn’t support QE/CI, can I use it? While QE/CI support isn’t specifically needed for running OS X, it does provide an overall performance boost and certain apps require it to run, so it isn’t recommended. What do I use to get my sound working? The easiest route is VoodooHDA (Linked in third post), though there are alternative methods available, depending on your audio chip. Check Google if you don’t want to/can’t use VoodooHDA. Is Airport (Native WiFi) supported on a Hackintosh? Yes, though it depends on your card. An official Airport card from a real mac in a mini pci-e to pci-e adaptor is your best bet, though certain other cards are detected as airport cards Out of the Box. Can I run OS X on a laptop? Yes, but do your research and preferably buy one for the purpose of doing this. Obviously you can’t swap out components, so if something doesn’t work, you’re stuck. What’s the best laptop to turn into a Hackintosh? As of May 2012, the best laptop range for turning into a Hackintosh is HP’s ProBooks. There are vendors/ebay sellers selling pre-made OS X compatible systems, should I buy one? The problem with such vendors/buying on ebay is that there’s every chance that Apple will have them closed down, rendering any support options redundant. In addition, you can’t be sure the systems are as compatible as they claim. Your best bet is a self-build. What is an edited DSDT and why would I want it? An edited DSDT.aml file is used at boot to get OS X to work with hardware natively which it otherwise wouldn’t be able to. This means you can get certain aspects of your system working without resorting to custom kexts. For example, without an edited DSDT most systems would require modified kexts to sleep properly. DSDT editing looks hard! What can I do? There are various databases online (Some of which are linked in the third post), which provide pre-modified DSDTs. Try to find one for your board. There isn’t an edited DSDT for my board, what do I do? It depends on your board. For example, my current build runs perfectly with no modified kexts and a few new ones added, but sleep doesn’t work. If the features that don’t work aren’t deal breakers, just live with it. If they are, you can by all means use modified kexts, but just be prepared to deal with issues. How easy is it to update OS X? (e.g. from 10.7.3 to 10.7.4) If you have a DSDT solution with no changed Apple kexts, then it’s pretty much as easy as updating a real mac, but for best results, use a combo update from Apple’s website, not in Software Update (Though you can update everything else in Software Update). Can I run 10.8 (Mountain Lion)’s pre-releases on a Hackintosh? Hard to say. Depending on your hardware, possibly. However, running pre-release software is risky enough on a real mac, let alone on a Hackintosh where certain hacks to get your system working may not be compatible with Mountain Lion yet. So, basically, don’t do it. I have an older machine, should I run Tiger? While you could make a Tiger Hackintosh, don't. The methods for getting Tiger running are very dirty and will probably result in a poor experience. Couple this with the fact that most software doesn't support Tiger anymore, and you'll be left with a buggy, insecure build. If you have an older system, Snow Leopard is your best bet. 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General Support Sites/Forums tonymacx86: Features edited DSDTs and the best tools for getting your system up and running. They don’t offer support for anything other than Intel boards running retail versions, however. Features a Hardware compatibility wiki. Insanelymac: One of the largest Hackintosh support sites, but quite a large noise/useful information ratio. Provides support for less vanilla builds than tonymacx86 (AMD/Atom/iAtkos/etc.) Features a Hardware compatibility wiki. Hackint0sh.org: Not as big as the other two sites, but still has some good information on Hackintosh/iOS. Downloads Installation Tools: Tonymacx86’s compendium of homegrown tools. Multibeast, Unibeast, etc. can be found here. OS X86: Provides lots of miscellaneous downloads. Kexts, tools, bootloaders, etc. Hardware Support VoodooHDA: Provides support for a lot of audio chips RTL81xx: Kexts which provide support for most RTL81xx based ethernet devices. Experto Crede fucked around with this message at May 26, 2012 around 08:44 |
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I'm using the real thing but I'm kind of curious about this. How much do you end up spending to get a system equivalent to a type-of-the-line Mac?
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I'm using the real thing but I'm kind of curious about this. How much do you end up spending to get a system equivalent to a type-of-the-line Mac? Well, my current system cost me £200 and is about as powerful as the bottom range iMac which costs £999.
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Experto Crede posted:Well, my current system cost me £200 and is about as powerful as the bottom range iMac which costs £999. I'm assuming you're not taking a monitor into account, but that's still impressive. And is this the way it used to be where like, using Software Update could totally hose your OS and you couldn't use iTunes, etc? Or has it gotten better there too.
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I'm assuming you're not taking a monitor into account, but that's still impressive. Depends. If you look at the front page of tonymacx86.com they'll give you instructions the day the patch is released and will let you know if there are any issues.
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I'm assuming you're not taking a monitor into account, but that's still impressive. Well, I remember a hackintosh I had a few years ago, running leopard. A security patch was released. I always waited a week or so at the time to make sure any issues were resolved. Good thing I did, as it seemed more than half of the people who installed this patch ended up with completely hosed setups and had to reinstall. Plus you often had to wait for hacked up combo installers which accommodated the need for custom kexts and kernels, etc. Things were even worse during the Tiger days... Of course, it isn't perfect now, but about 90-95% of people can install a standard, Apple released 10.7.x update on day one of its release now with no issues and the remaining 10-5%'s issues are pretty minor and can be solved pretty easily by the community. This is mostly down to the fact that the best installations are as stock as it is possible to be, thanks to improved software and DSDT.
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I'm using the real thing but I'm kind of curious about this. How much do you end up spending to get a system equivalent to a type-of-the-line Mac? I built my rig a little over a year ago. It cost me $1000US plus $250 shipping because Newegg loving hates Hawaii. Its specs were better than the $5000 MacPro tower at the time. I'm of course not taking a monitor into account but I'm just using a clearance sale off-brand HDTV from some big hardware chain or another, a $20 desk mic, a $10 Asus usb wireless receiver, and a keyboard from 2004. It took me probably about eight hours to get it working perfectly, but once I did, it seriously did work perfectly. It's even compatible with stuff like Soundflower, which you might not think would work with modded sound kexts. Just make sure you use Windows 7 if you dual boot, XP and Vista don't play well with the Chameleon launcher. The White Dragon fucked around with this message at May 27, 2012 around 22:51 |
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Where are all the installation instructions?  The noise-to-info ratio with this kind of stuff is unbelievable, I'm surprised anyone get it's done. If I get unibeast / mutli-beast, is there a way to leave on my existing windows partition? Tab8715 fucked around with this message at May 27, 2012 around 22:57 |
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Tab8715 posted:Where are all the installation instructions? I'm kind of hoping for a a list of components in the OP that provides the most painless way to build a hackintosh at various price points akin to the "sweet spot performance/budget value" builds in the Parts Picking and Building Megathread. Looking through lists of what hardware is/isn't supported on various modding sites is kind of overwhelming. I wouldn't mind the OP telling me which specific CPU, what brand of mainboard, and which exact videocard just works. Basically, "just buy the items listed, assemble, install OS X like this" is what I'm looking for really.
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teagone posted:I'm kind of hoping for a a list of components in the OP that provides the most painless way to build a hackintosh at various price points akin to the "sweet spot performance/budget value" builds in the Parts Picking and Building Megathread. Looking through lists of what hardware is/isn't supported on various modding sites is kind of overwhelming. I wouldn't mind the OP telling me which specific CPU, what brand of mainboard, and which exact videocard just works. Basically, "just buy the items listed, assemble, install OS X like this" is what I'm looking for really. I'd highly recommend this page for information like that.
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Experto Crede posted:I'd highly recommend this page for information like that. Wow, this is exactly what I was looking for, haha. Thanks!
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I've been considering a hackintosh for literally years and have never gotten around to it, mostly because of hardware compatibility issues. I now have an AMD CPU/chipset setup that I'm pretty sure was supposed to work with earlier builds of OS X, and I just looked into whether this might hold true for the newer builds. Long story short, it doesn't look easy, but I saw on one of the hackintosh forums that at least one dude has 10.7.4 working in 64-bit mode with his AMD machine. I'm technical enough that compiling my own custom kernels and BIOS patching/DSDT fuckery, if it comes down to that, don't scare me. What does is the disgusting signal/noise ratio for actually getting useful information on things like AMD patches to the kernel. So I was wondering if the OP or anyone else can point me to some places that hardware hackers hang out, but aren't as overrun with idiots as InsanelyMac appears to be. Essentially, I'm looking for equivalents to XDA-developers and RootzWiki (Android development forums) for the Hackintosh world. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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comrade_sven posted:I've been considering a hackintosh for literally years and have never gotten around to it, mostly because of hardware compatibility issues. I now have an AMD CPU/chipset setup that I'm pretty sure was supposed to work with earlier builds of OS X, and I just looked into whether this might hold true for the newer builds. Long story short, it doesn't look easy, but I saw on one of the hackintosh forums that at least one dude has 10.7.4 working in 64-bit mode with his AMD machine. For a good resource on Hackintosh installation, you can't beat tonymacx86, but it only deals with Intel installs. The OSX86 download site in the OP has a forum that has more useful info than insanelymac, however, and supports AMD. As for running Lion on an AMD, there is a kernel based on 10.7.3, but I believe the main issue is that Lion needs SSSE3, which only the latest AMD chips support, so the kernel is very hacked together and success rates vary. For the best compatibility/stability ratio, running 10.6.8 may be your best bet. Simplest way would be to use a customised distribution which includes an AMD kernel. If you want to try Lion, the basic process would be: 1: Get access to OS X (Either install 10.6.8 or run it in a virtual machine) and get a copy of Lion from the Mac App Store. 2: In the Lion install app there will be a dmg file, in which you copy the AMD kernel to the root of the dmg. Name it something like mach_kernel_amd 3: Use Unibeast to create an USB stick installer. 4: When at the bootloader, enter the bootflag "mach_kernel_amd" to tell Lion to use that kernel. 5: When it's installed, you'll need to copy the Amd kernel to the root folder of your install drive/partition. 6: Boot from the hard drive using the AMD kernel in the same way. 7: Pray that it boots and be prepared to install a load of kexts to get your hardware working. Note though: I've never done an AMD install, so I have no idea if I'm missing steps here, but that should, in theory, work
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An AMD hackintosh is just a bad idea in general. For the time that you'll waste trying to make it work, you could honestly just buy a cheap P67 motherboard and an i3 and make it work with UniBeast and come out ahead.
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Just copying my 10.7.4 experience from the last thread in case anyone has an x58: ASUS P6T Deluxe i7 920, possibly ALL x58 chipset motherboards: - Required a rollback to AppleACPIPlatform.kext from 10.6.8 to get around kernel panics. Works well otherwise. Gigabyte EP35-DS3L C2D E6750 - Took the 10.7.4 update without even needing to re-run Multibeast so that was a positive experience, at least.
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Also here is generally what I recommend to everyone who has a hackintosh: BACKUP BEFORE YOU UPDATE. - Buy a second hard disk. - Format it as HFS+ Journaled case insensitive, make sure you format it as GUID partition table (in options) - Give it a CLEAR AND DISTINCT NAME THAT YOU WILL NOT MISTAKE WITH ANY OTHER DISK such as "BACKUP OF 10.7.4 BOOT DISK" - Purchase SuperDuper! or get CarbonCopyCloner for free - Make a backup of your boot disk - Run Chameleon/Chimera bootloader installer on your new disk to make it bootable - Physically disconnect your old disk to be safe - Boot from your new backup disk, download the combo updater from Apple. - If everything works, disconnect your backup disk, reconnect your primary disk, run the combo updater and know everything will work fine. This gives you a few options: - You now don't have to worry that installing 10.7.5 or 10.8.62 will hose your hackintosh and leave you stranded for days or weeks without a working system - If you don't format your backup disk and just put it in a drawer, you will probably not need to go through the process of cloning your disk every time a new update comes out. You will already have a known-working copy of 10.7.4 when 10.7.5 hits. - If something happens to your primary boot disk you now have a backup. I can hear the questions now: - But I already use Time Machine! Why would I want a second backup? Because you won't have to go through the trouble of restoring from a time machine backup. I'm not even sure how that works with a hackintosh since we don't have a recovery partition. You will have a ready-to-go 1:1 backup of your known-working Hackintosh installation ready to use. - But I have a 2TB boot drive. Do you really want me to buy a 2TB drive to just keep in my drawer as a backup? No. You may have a 2TB drive, but I almost guarantee you're not using all of it. Even if you are, most of that is your own personal data that you probably don't need on a backup if all you want it for is to test an OS update. Tools like CarbonCopyCloner let you exclude directories from your backups. Just exclude your Steam, Downloads, iTunes, Movies, etc, and I bet that you can fit everything you need on a nice cheap 250gb or 500gb drives. For reference, I use a 160GB drive as my primary Lion partition, of which I actually only USE 40GB. I keep my iTunes Music/Movies/etc on a second 2TB drive. So just some friendly advice that may make your life a whooole lot easier down the road!
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Martytoof posted:Very Mind if I add this to the OP? Anyone who's interested, the basic installation guide will be done on Saturday, most probably.
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No, go right ahead. I used to get flop sweat when it came to updating my hack until I realized I could just make a simple backup and not be hosed for days trying to undo an update somehow. Also one other thing I recommend: When you're installing your first hackintosh, write down or print out exactly what steps you are going to take. Six months or a year down the road you're probably not going to remember exactly what checkboxes you need to tick in Multibeast/etc, and if you ever need to re-do your install it can never hurt to have that information handy.
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Since I got my new desktop I have been "out of the game" from a GPU incompatibility. Is the HD 6950 working yet. I would look myself, but I don't know where.
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Everything I'm reading says "not yet". My first recommendation is always to do a search on tonymacx86.com's forums. Nothing against SA's hack thread, but the community here is far too small for anything but the most basic troubleshooting. This is one of those subjects where I really recommend going to a specific site for info.
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Martytoof posted:Everything I'm reading says "not yet". I got it working, but I can't go past 10.7.2. Just install and then throw on the Netkas patch from the installer terminal.
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I am having a really strange issue on my machine. I can boot into OSX but at the login screen my keyboard does not work at all. Mouse works fine but I can't type. I tried another keyboard and still no dice. Any ideas or suggestions? I added the USBFix and whatnot to my plist and that made no difference.
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Martytoof posted:When you're installing your first hackintosh, write down or print out exactly what steps you are going to take. Six months or a year down the road you're probably not going to remember exactly what checkboxes you need to tick in Multibeast/etc, and if you ever need to re-do your install it can never hurt to have that information handy. This cannot be emphasized enough. When I first started getting my Shuttle Hack going, I found a guide that said refer to another guide, which had steps taken from another guide that ended up being some guy's forum posting that he'd edited about 10 times in 2 days after claiming each step "Worked! (edit: not working, see next update)" Really, the best advice to give to anyone who wants to try this: avoid AMD CPUs, avoid Celerons and Pentiums.
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This thread should be renamed "Get ready for Ivy Bridge Mac Pros (the Hackintosh thread)" That said, has anyone started parting out their next machine? I'm mainly curious as to what seems to be the most compatible motherboard. I'm currently running an ancient Core 2 Duo (on a Gigabyte EP35-DS3L, with as far as I can see, 100% compatibility including sleep, plus an ATI 6850). While it's still a great performer, I'd love to get some new hardware. That said, I really want to keep all of the nice features I've enjoyed with my current board (again, sleep).
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I don't think there's enough empirical evidence to support a "best motherboard for IB 10.8" yet 
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I've got an old Lenovo T60P, how difficult would it be to get snow leopard running on it? A bit of googling shows its possible but not much in the way of instructions.
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I remember doing this on an AMD system around Tiger/Leopard. I was quite proud of myself back then. My interest in osx has been renewed during the run up to WWDC, so I've been thinking about giving it another shot on my current laptop. I don't really have a critical use for it anymore, and I'd rather reuse it instead of spending money on a MacBook right now. Good to hear that it has become easier the last few years.
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I've got a Dell Mini 9 running 10.6.3 that I love. If I go any higher than that I start to run into issues, but quite frankly 10.6.3 works just fine for couch/coffee shop web browsing. I also have an all-in-one Dell Inspiron 2105 that I would love to tinker with. It's an AMD, but since it's an all-in-one changing things out isn't an option. With these links hopefully I can see if OS X is even an option for it.
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quote:Can I use Intel Integrated Graphics? I'm curious about why this is. The current MBAs ship with Intel GMA, and so did a lot of the older gen Intel Macs.
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baxate posted:I'm curious about why this is. If I'm not mistaken, you have to have the exact GPU model that's in the macs; it can't just be close like many Nvidia/ATI cards. Current models only have GMA 3000, and the macbook pro announced yesterday has GMA 4000. I have GMA 2000 and the drivers just don't exist in Mac OS. edit: And I wouldn't expect GMA 4000 to work until Mountain Lion comes out - It takes a while for Apple to roll new drivers into updates. Demie fucked around with this message at Jun 13, 2012 around 04:50 |
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Since it's shipping today, there are probably GMA4000 kexts that you will be able to download shortly. I bet they're just shipping with a system-specific build of Lion and 10.8 will unify the Intel graphic kexts.
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Idiot race posted:I've got an old Lenovo T60P, how difficult would it be to get snow leopard running on it? A bit of googling shows its possible but not much in the way of instructions. Relatively easy. It seems you're in luck, the T60p is one of those laptop where most everything works OOB. Basically, if you use iBoot, you can install it and then use multibeast for snow leopard to fix things. Though I believe you may need to modify a kext or two for graphics.
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Thanks to the WWDC announcements, the following hardware will soon be working natively: Ivy Bridge Intel HD 4000 Geforce 6xx Ivy Bridge USB 3 Thunderbolt (Recent motherboards don't support thunderbolt in OS X as the chip is too new, but apparently Apple will be using these newer chips in their products) Not a bad haul, all told. Though the most likely scenario is that you'll need to wait for ML for this all to work (Though we may get a 10.7.5 beforehand, but don't hold your breath)
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 is on sale. This seems like a decent alternative to a MacBook Pro for video editing. Does anybody have any experience hacking this model, or have any tips?
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I know this is technically not a Hackintosh question, but can anyone recommend a site or offer any anecdotal advice on setting up Lion in VMware on Windows 7?
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Would those ASUS Zenbook Primes work?
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WorkingStiff posted:I know this is technically not a Hackintosh question, but can anyone recommend a site or offer any anecdotal advice on setting up Lion in VMware on Windows 7? Trust me, it's horribly unstable. Kernel panics all the time, especially where anything usb related happens.
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I'm pretty interested in building a hackintosh, is it best to wait until mountain lion is out, or will it take like 7 months before you can upgrade after anyway? I have no idea of the timeframe on things like this.
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