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    W7 & Hackintosh - Share Your Success Stories & Guides

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Voodooi, Jun 14, 2012.

  1. Voodooi

    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    I plan on purchasing a legal copy of OSX soon in order to attempt Hakintosh, however I'm having major issues finding a GOOD guide (some are outdated, others have large amounts of negative feedback, etc.).

    I was hoping that those who were successful with Hackintosh could share their stories and links to reference/guide sites they used.

    My ultimate goal is to use Logic (music production software) which is Mac-only.

    I understand I can flip between W7 and OSX by simply logging out.

    I've been wanting to do this for quite a while now and hope I can find the information I need.

    To clarify, Hackintosh can run on any laptop with good specs, correct? I read in one of the guides that it bugs out if you have a 5XX nVidia card, but other guides do not mention this at all, so is it misinformation?

    Note:
    Tried this in the Mac OSX sub-forum 2 months ago, but had limited replies, so please don't move this thread over there :)
     
    Voodooi, Jun 14, 2012
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  2. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    I haven't attempted both W7 and OS X, but I have OS X via Hackintosh. I custom built my desktop with specs that were guaranteed to be working with OS X.

    Laptop's are a different, as you can't just switch out parts to ones that fully work, unless you find one with parts in it where all are going to work. There is a list of laptops here, that shows you which ones work.

    If you are wanting to dual-boot Windows 7 and OS X, you will have to shut down and select Windows in the boot screen.

    You can head over the TonyMacX86 forums for help. There is also a tutorial here.
     
    Joel, Jun 15, 2012
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  3. Voodooi

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    Hmmm, that laptop list is quite short. I guess I'll ask in the M14X section to see if anyone has done it to their system. I wasn't aware that it could only work on specific laptops.

    I will also check out that tonymac link - thanks for the reply :)
     
    Voodooi, Jun 15, 2012
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You could do a Boot Camp partition, one with Windows 7 and one with OS X. I'm unsure if OS X will like the switchable graphics, I doubt they have kexts for your GT555m w/ Optimus support. Biggest headaches is finding WLAN kexts if you have a Dell WLAN card.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 16, 2012
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