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[cite] maxunderkill:[/cite]I have an HP dv8210US Laptop -
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Slightly the same as my Compaq V2312us... Here's where you may have trouble:
AMD Turion ML 32 --> no problem here
2Gb Ram --> or here
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 --> biggest stumbling block, may never work with full support (WILL work with rudimentary features)
Broadcom Wifi(4138?) --> OSX LOVES the wireless G HP uses - works well.
Conexant AC-Link audio --> mine works OOTB as an AC97 audio device (but didn't test Mic In...)
hdd0 - Fujitsu MHV3080AH(80G)
hdd1 - WDC WD1200VE(120G)
Lightscribe DVDRW (Pioneer)
Realtek RTL8139 Eth. --> Same as the wireless, mine was supported OOTB
Things you didn't list:
Keyboard: OSX doesn't like PS2 keyboards - never got mine working (had to use external USB keyboard)
Touchpad: some report the Synaptics Touchpad working, mine didn't (I had too many other things wrong - didn't even fool with this one...)
Card Reader: nope
PCMCIA Card slot: nope
Biggest problem on mine: OSX doesn't seem to like the main chipset (and/or the support chips aren't quite "standard") Drive support was slow and spotty and OSX runs SLOW AS MUD (if it runs at all). I still have never been able to "directly install" to that machine. The only way I got 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 actually running was by installing to an external USB disk on another computer, finding and installing .kexts for the SB400 southbridge, then using the external drive to boot the laptop. Never got it to an internal drive...
I wouldn't start unless you feel up to trying to overcome these hurdles... I tried 15-20 times (both 10.5.1 and 10.5.2) before I gave up. It's just not a good base hardware set for OSx86 (although some of the peripherals work amazingly well)