RobertB Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 All, I have a Dell Latitude D610 running on 10.5.8. for some time now. I was wondering what would be the most recent Os version this system would be capable of running? Would it be capable of running 10.6 or even 10.7 Or is 10.5.8. the best version for this system. thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMick Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Your system should be able to run Snow Leopard, but not Lion. It is a single core CPU, and Lion only support's dual core CPU's. Have you tried a build with myHack already? I'm not totally sure if you need a special kernel for the Intel Pentium M, maybe someone else knows that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted March 9, 2013 Administrators Share Posted March 9, 2013 You should be able to get up to SL .. Check if you can upgrade CPU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 What would be your idea of doing the installation? Using MyHack or going a other way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMick Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 myHack should be fine. The only problem you will have, I think, is that your graphics chip isn't supported. How did you got it working in Leopard? I haven't heard about other people who have Snow Leopard and the Intel 915 GM chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 9, 2013 Administrators Share Posted March 9, 2013 I did, but it was not great! First and foremost, it'll only run with a legacy kernel because your Pentium M does not support SSE3 and booting with the SL Mach kernel will result in quick KP. You'll also need to patch the GMA950 kext to get full QE/CI with the onboard GMA900, if that's what you have in terms of graphics. Have a look at my Inspiron 6000 research thread, the specs are probably a bit similar to the D610: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1955-dell-inspiron-6000/ I did get SL 10.6.8 in it, but eventually abandoned because it was not running great (really bad graphics). Hopefully the D610 will be a bit different, but don't hold too much hope if it's using PATA/IDE HDD as you may find it difficult, not to say impossible to install SL on the HDD... Try and give us the full specs of your D610. There are 2 methods you could try: MyHack or Nawcom ModCD/ModUSB, the former being more flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 All thanks for the input. After 10 attempts I have put my Carbon Copy of the 10.5.8. back to the system. I only had kernel panics and could not find a half descent installation guide. 10.5.8. runs rock solid so I will stick to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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