MAC on ThinkPad T41
well, I am a new comer and I hope that I posted in the right place. I need some help with installing MAC on the ThinkPad T41. I don't know what do i need to start things off, I don't even know if I can install a Mac on my T41 even. Thank…
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- @RAF Published 2009-08-02
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- OSx86 Core & 10.X
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well, I am a new comer and I hope that I posted in the right place. I need some help with installing MAC on the ThinkPad T41. I don't know what do i need to start things off, I don't even know if I can install a Mac on my T41 even.
Thank you so much,
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2 technical responses curated from 5 original dispatches
This thread pops up to the top whenever anyone searches for "thinkpad" it seems, and the absence of an answer is therefore a bit unfortunate. I haven't explicitly tried the T41 but I'm tying this on a T43 and I think the answer is that the CPU is too early for the releases of OSX that get the hack treatment to be able to use it. There are earlier intel-compatible releases that might work, but nobody hacks them! As a rule when I'm looking for machines with hack compatibility I start with Centrino Duo laptops, or preferably even a bit later than that; so I'm here looking for information on a thinkpad T60, which I expect to be able to hack - and my T43 will be stuck on XP/Win 7...
(it would be absolutely fantastic to be able to revive all sorts of older simpler kit with OSX 10.4 using modern hack tech, but I can't see anyone being strongly motivated to try when there's netbooks to work on!)
I have Kalyway 10.5.2 installed on my T42 right now. Everything except powermanagement, ethernet and wireless appears working perfectly. Just gotta get the time to patch /u the drivers for those things and then we will hopefully have saved ~$2000 over a MacBook Pro. Will update the wiki and the forums once I am able to get back to working on it.
Sources & Contributor Provenance (5 credited usernames · Thread #3529)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @RAF | Primary Author | 1 | 2009-08-02 |
| @drgummi | Contributor | 1 | 2009-08-04 |
| @DaveJS | Contributor | 1 | 2009-08-28 |
| @mhchan2002 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-09-04 |
| @stan0 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-09-07 |