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Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#11

Post by ultrarunner »

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.

This used to be the case, and still is for laptop builds. For desktops, things are far more standardized now and Apple's hardware isn't much different than what is commercially available. A Z370/390 chipset with 7th-9th generation i5 or i7 processor coupled with AMD graphics and Broadcom wireless is pretty vanilla. The 7700k iMacs will be supported for a long time, so I have pretty high confidence that something with nearly identical hardware will similarly not break.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#12

Post by sparkling »

j0hann wrote: post #4
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

On laptops: yes. On desktops there are plenty of cheap PCI-E cards available... or USB dongles.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#13

Post by xenospn »

ultrarunner wrote: post #11
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.

This used to be the case, and still is for laptop builds. For desktops, things are far more standardized now and Apple's hardware isn't much different than what is commercially available. A Z370/390 chipset with 7th-9th generation i5 or i7 processor coupled with AMD graphics and Broadcom wireless is pretty vanilla. The 7700k iMacs will be supported for a long time, so I have pretty high confidence that something with…

I'm actually somewhat surprised macOS does not check for the existence of a T2 chip as a precondition.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#14

Post by daenney »

xenospn wrote: post #13
ultrarunner wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This used to be the case, and still is for laptop builds. For desktops, things are far more standardized now and Apple's hardware isn't much different than what is commercially available. A Z370/390 chipset with 7th-9th generation i5 or i7 processor coupled with AMD graphics and Broadcom wireless is pretty vanilla. The 7700k iMacs will be supported for a long time, so I have pretty high confidence that something with…

I'm actually somewhat surprised macOS does not check for the existence of a T2 chip as a precondition.

How would that work for all the hardware Apple has released and still supports that predate the T2?

For reference, the upcoming macOS Catalina still supports the following hardware:

    MacBook Pro (mid 2012 and newer)
    MacBook Air (mid 2012 and newer)
    MacBook (early 2015 and later)
    iMac (late 2012 or newer)
    iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
    Mac Pro (late 2013 or newer)
    Mac Mini (late 2012 or newer)
Apple T1 was introduced in 2016, T2 started showing up with the iMac Pro in 2017, the rest of the lineup got it in the 2018 refresh.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by tracker1 »

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.

Been running high sierra on a hackintosh for a couple years now. Of course, even my actual macbook is also on nvidia graphics (mid-2014), so next desktop will just jump over to Linux since Apple won't let Nvidia get drivers out.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#16

Post by dx7tnt »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #10
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.

Clitoris! How have I never found that on these machines?

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#18

Post by yumraj »

The one issue I've always had with Hackintosh, is that while the main OS is from Apple it invariably requires using some 3rd party bootloaders, kexts and other files. And, this to me always raises the issue of security and whether they contain, or can contain, any backdoors/malwares.

Part of it could be my paranioa, but I never got a good answer to satisfy me.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

#19

Post by wolph »

scblock wrote: post #17

Interesting, but as a daily user of one of these Dell laptops, I would never do this. Its some of the worst hardware I've ever had the misfortune to use.

You've obviously never tried an apple laptop. Over the years nearly all of the components of my 2012 mbp retina have been replaced several times. The only things that are still original are the ssd and the bottom plate. Motherboard issues within a year, weak hinges, battery failing within 2 years, power cables failing every 9 months.

In all my years of using laptops (15 years before I got the apple) I've never had a failing power cable, until I tried Apple cables.

Re: Dell E7440 and E7240 Hackintosh

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Post by burtonator »

yumraj wrote: post #18

The one issue I've always had with Hackintosh, is that while the main OS is from Apple it invariably requires using some 3rd party bootloaders, kexts and other files. And, this to me always raises the issue of security and whether they contain, or can contain, any backdoors/malwares. Part of it could be my paranioa, but I never got a good answer to satisfy me.

I put in some malware in kext directly targeting anyone named yumraj. /evilgrin
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