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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Hackintosh Thread 2015 - Change is a good thing.
 
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eightysixed
Sep 23, 2004

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
 Is Hackinstosh'ing a Dell E1705/9400 laptop still a thing, or should I just skip that completely?

eightysixed fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Oct 8, 2015

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eightysixed
Sep 23, 2004

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

enMTW posted:

What are the specs?

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/inspn/topics/en/inspn_e1705_sp_spec?c=us&l=en&s=gen
That :v:

Every guide I've seen online is old, plus it says its not for non-tech savvy users. I have plenty of time, and am quite tech savvy. Just wondering if it's still doable, and where to start, since the newest guide is from 2008-2012 :)

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eightysixed
Sep 23, 2004

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

enMTW posted:

None of those processors are going to run current versions of OS X. :\

Probably not worth the time. A guide for 10.6 is still probably the best way to get anything up and running on that machine. GMA 950 support was dropped in, I think, Mountain Lion. You can probably get 10.7 booting with Clover, but your GPU may work or may not.

Follow the guide in the OP, using a Clover Legacy Install and not EFI (it's clear, in the settings). Image the Lion installer to a seperate USB stick and try to boot. May work, may not.

Thanks for the info. I'll probably give it a shot this week anyway, just to see what happens. I'm curious :) I'll be sure to report back in!

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