bones Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Hey Guys newb here, I have an old Latitude e6500 that I was thinking turning into a Hackintosh could be a fun rainy Memorial Day experience, but I have some questions if anyone can offer some advice. I'm hoping to use this at work when I'm in meetings to Remote Desktop into my windows desktop. So I'd prefer it to be pretty stable. If it works maybe I'll use it for some photo editing in Photoshop/Lightroom. I have a 500gb Crucial SSD I'm planning on putting in the box to start with a speedy fresh drive. I've seen some mention of El Capitan running slow on this hardware. They'd reverted back to Lion which ran smoother. What version of OS X do you recommend? Most of the guides I've seen are for Lion or Yosemite. Should I just follow one of those with a different OS? Is A24 a good bios to start with or upgrade to A26 that I've seen in some peoples signatures? I used to tinker with MythTV DVR's and put Linux and an IR Remote receiver on an old XBox for the frontend. So I have some experience in the area, just not with OS X. Any other threads I should you have found helpful for setting this up? A few of the hreads I found so far: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1100-dell-e64006500-research-thread/ Yosemite Guide: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6740-yosemity-e6400-1st-page-edited/&do=findComment&comment=40050 El Capitan USB fix - https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8385-e6500-el-capitan-usb-still-not-working/?hl=e6500 This seems very old: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134430-install-dell-latitude-e6400-e6500/ e6500 Bios: A24 Display: 1920x1200 - Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M Processor: T9400 @ 2.53 Memory: 4GB (will increase to 8gb if its stable) HD: 500gb SSD Network: Dell Wireless 1397 & Intel 82567 gigabit DVD+RW Bluetooth Display Port & HDMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted May 28, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 28, 2016 Your laptop is fitted with a high-end Penryn mobile C2D CPU + nVidia NVS 160M GPU. It should run decently enough with all latest OS X version from Mavericks to El Capitan. My D630 nVidia is of slightly lower specs and runs perfectly under Mav/Yos/EC. It's no power beast by today's standards of course but perfectly usable daily for general desktop activity, browsing, music or videos. You'll have to replace your DW1397 wireless card by another model as it won't be supported in recent OS X versions. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-inventory-of-supported-and-unsupported-wireless-cards/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Herve, thanks for the quick reply, I guess I'll go for El Capitan then! And thanks for the tip on the wireless! Any other tips? Are people able to get HDMI out and DisplayPort working? My wife asked why I'd do this, and I said because I can, (and upgrading from XP to Win7 or 10 - would be almost as much of a pain with hunting down drivers). I'll try to take good notes and post for the E6500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted May 28, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 28, 2016 I've no personal experience with the E6500 nVidia but I guess that, yes, HDMI and/or DP should work too. You'll find out soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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