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Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by mlevental »

hubris

https://i.imgur.com/z3E3rLY.png

The problem with all of these builds is you're damning yourself to working on top shifting sands and either committing yourself to rooting around in Mac OS plumbing (which I'm sure isn't documented well or even wholly exposed) or hoping the community patches things.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by j0hann »

mlevental wrote: post #2

hubris https://i.imgur.com/z3E3rLY.png The problem with all of these builds is you're damning yourself to working on top shifting sands and either committing yourself to rooting around in Mac OS plumbing (which I'm sure isn't documented well or even wholly exposed) or hoping the community patches things.

wifi seems to the major issue this hackintosh has

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by yborg »

Nice packaged solution, if your problem is that you need to run macOS on a five year old midrange Dell notebook. If you are just looking for a cheap macOS solution, 2012 Minis seems to go for around $250 on eBay ...

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by t34543 »

yborg wrote: post #5

Nice packaged solution, if your problem is that you need to run macOS on a five year old midrange Dell notebook. If you are just looking for a cheap macOS solution, 2012 Minis seems to go for around $250 on eBay ...

The next macOS release will probably be incompatible with 2012 minis.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by acomjean »

mlevental wrote: post #2

hubris https://i.imgur.com/z3E3rLY.png The problem with all of these builds is you're damning yourself to working on top shifting sands and either committing yourself to rooting around in Mac OS plumbing (which I'm sure isn't documented well or even wholly exposed) or hoping the community patches things.

I had the same issue with my hacintosh. (Snow leopard vintage). It worked great, was fast. But I lived in fear that some update would break it. I switched it over to linux and gave it a friend after after a couple years service.

I did like the bang for the buck.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by tinus_hn »

t34543 wrote: post #6
yborg wrote: post #5

Nice packaged solution, if your problem is that you need to run macOS on a five year old midrange Dell notebook. If you are just looking for a cheap macOS solution, 2012 Minis seems to go for around $250 on eBay ...

The next macOS release will probably be incompatible with 2012 minis.

All MacOS releases are incompatible with all Dell laptops.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by sam_lowry_ »

yborg wrote: post #5

Nice packaged solution, if your problem is that you need to run macOS on a five year old midrange Dell notebook. If you are just looking for a cheap macOS solution, 2012 Minis seems to go for around $250 on eBay ...

7440 is not midrange. It's one of the best notebooks until now. Excellent FHD screen, docking port, trackpoint, 3 buttons under the touchpad and great Linux support.

The only problem is the rubber band around the screen detaching after a few years.

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