Toshiba Satellite L30
I was just wondering if someone could tell me if I would be wasting my time trying to install some form of OSx86on this very old laptop:- Toshiba Satellite L30 Intel Celeron M CPU 410 1.46ghz ATI Radeon Xpress 200m Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet…
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- @spangeman Published 2009-11-08
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I was just wondering if someone could tell me if I would be wasting my time trying to install some form of OSx86on this very old laptop:-
Toshiba Satellite L30
Intel Celeron M CPU 410 1.46ghz
ATI Radeon Xpress 200m
Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet
Atheros Wireless
If it is possible which is the best OSx86option for me?
Spangeman
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I have a toshiba L30-105 that have the same HW except Cpu;
I've installed first a Kalyway 10.5.2 and after I've directly uploaded with iDeneb 10.5.8 ComboUpdate.
You'd can try the same way and I'm closely sure it could work.
ciao
It depends heavily on how usable you want your machine. The key is graphic card support for Quartz Extreme & Core image. These are fundamental for a great deal of applications to even run. I have not seen anyone get the Xpress 200 to support QE/Ci though I have not looked too hard. Flexer lists using Callisto so it looks like he/she attempted to get QE/Ci.
Without this support some apps will not open and you may have other video related problems.
So like I said it depends on what you are using it for. I have used unsupported graphics on a few rigs to playing around but it does limit you. You can discuss with flexer what he/she uses the laptop for and see if it would work for you.
P.S. Id love to here from anyone that managed to get this chipset supported
Sources & Contributor Provenance (3 credited usernames · Thread #4647)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @spangeman | Primary Author | 1 | 2009-11-08 |
| @flexer | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-25 |
| @lanceomni | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-25 |