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Hello, Hackinitosh users. I need an advice. I need OS X for my school, but Macbooks are too dang expensive, and their gaming capabilities... well not so great.So i would like to buy a laptop and install windows 8 and OS X Mavericks but as you know, not all procesors, motherboards, GPUs ETC. are compatible. So i came here to get an advice. I would like a laptop that would have mid-end gaming preformance but would also be compatible with Hackintosh and it should have fairily bid HDD at least 750GB.Also it has to be able to run photoshop and Final cut pro. I will be doing dual boot by this tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBD7i3bG9M

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Hello, Hackinitosh users. I need an advice. I need OS X for my school, but Macbooks are too dang expensive, and their gaming capabilities... well not so great.So i would like to buy a laptop and install windows 8 and OS X Mavericks but as you know, not all procesors, motherboards, GPUs ETC. are compatible. So i came here to get an advice. I would like a laptop that would have mid-end gaming preformance but would also be compatible with Hackintosh and it should have fairily bid HDD at least 750GB.Also it has to be able to run photoshop and Final cut pro. I will be doing dual boot by this tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBD7i3bG9M

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See http://www.tonymacx86.com/laptop-compatibility/106791-laptop-compatibility.html
 
My recommendation:

Buy 2 hard discs, it will make stuff very very easy to do.

1.) disconnect the drive you want windows to be on (drive 2).
2.) install hackintosh stuff on the other drive (drive 1).
3.) after your hackintosh runs fine, shut it down and disconnect drive 1 (hackintosh) and connect drive 2.
4.) install windows on drive 2 until it is completely ready to use.
5.) shut down and connect both drives. Chimera/Chameleon will let you chose to boot OS X or windows.

For laptops: I'd still get a 2nd drive and put it in the media bay instead of the dvd drive.
But in general I'd stay way from notebooks and gaming (and thus windows on them) anyway.
 
Would this laptop work?
Intel core i7 4700HQ Haswell 2.4 ghz quad-core
8 GB ram
Nvidia geforce gt750m 2gb
750gb HDD and 24 GB ssd

The laptop is ASUS 2750JV-T4108
Link : http://www.alza.sk/asus-n750jv-t4108-d457695.htm (did not see it on amazon, so here is Slovakish link. Sorry for that, I am from Slovakia By the way.)
 
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