Deathwind64540 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I have a Dell Insprion 1720 I'd like to dual-boot win 7 and OS X (from seperate hard drives). What versions of OS X can I install on this machine and what special steps am I going to need to perform? CPU: intel T2370 RAM: 4gb DDR2 Video: intergrated intel GM965 full lspci -nn output: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDEController [8086:2850] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2829] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02) 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05) 03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22) 03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12) 03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12) 03:01.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12) 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwind64540 Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 If my wireless card is incompatible I can replace it with the AR5BXB6 from my dead macbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 28, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 28, 2014 snow leopard or lion in 32 bit mode as it is most likely gma x3100 graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwind64540 Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 How can I determine if it's gma x3100 graphics? I do have this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 28, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 28, 2014 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller or look in bios to see if it mentions crestline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwind64540 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Is this relavent to my case? http://www.osxlatitude.com/mountain-lion-on-gma950x3100-nvs-110m-systems/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 29, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2014 it might work.... so yes it is relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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