OSX on this custom Haswell Laptop?

Hi all,

I want to buy a custom made laptop with the folowing spes;
i7 4700 MQ 2,4 GHz.
Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM87 Express Chipset
Intel® HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT750M 2Gb GDDR5
Bigfoot Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 2.4GHz+5GHz 300Mbps + Bluetooth, Gaming + Multimedia wireless
120GB mSATA SSD Module Kingston mS200

I want to dive into the deep with this but maybe one of you have some experiance with this hardware.
Any feedback or info is very welcome!

Thanks in advange!

Hackintosh builder from Amsterdam!

Edkroket said:

Hi all,

I want to buy a custom made laptop with the folowing spes;
i7 4700 MQ 2,4 GHz.
Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM87 Express Chipset
Intel® HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT750M 2Gb GDDR5
Bigfoot Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 2.4GHz+5GHz 300Mbps + Bluetooth, Gaming + Multimedia wireless
120GB mSATA SSD Module Kingston mS200

I want to dive into the deep with this but maybe one of you have some experiance with this hardware.
Any feedback or info is very welcome!

Thanks in advange!

Hackintosh builder from Amsterdam!

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You should read the stickies first, especially this one: http://www.tonymacx86.com/laptop-compatibility/106791-laptop-compatibility.html

"Killer" wireless is not supported.
And since you list both HD4600 and Nvidia, it must be Optimus switched, which is also not supported.

And there is currently some issue with Haswell boards where there is an instant reboot early in kernel initialization. Some have been able to work around it with a modified BIOS.

RehabMan said:

You should read the stickies first, especially this one: http://www.tonymacx86.com/laptop-compatibility/106791-laptop-compatibility.html

"Killer" wireless is not supported.
And since you list both HD4600 and Nvidia, it must be Optimus switched, which is also not supported.

And there is currently some issue with Haswell boards where there is an instant reboot early in kernel initialization. Some have been able to work around it with a modified BIOS.

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I read of course all stickies and I'm aware of the difficulties of laptop as I have build a few of them already.
I've read that the bigfoot killer has Atheros chipset so I thought it would work.
Look here http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Bigfoot_Networks_Killer_Wireless-N_1202
The last part of your answer concerning issues with instant reboot I did not found that.
So even with a good DSDT file these issues occur?

All I want to know is if or what people have to share with this new type of hardware.

I was intended to use only the nvidia instead of HD4600 but I know both can work as Apple has it.
Thanks anyway for your response.

Ed

Edkroket said:

I read of course all stickies and I'm aware of the difficulties of laptop as I have build a few of them already.
I've read that the bigfoot killer has Atheros chipset so I thought it would work.
Look here http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Bigfoot_Networks_Killer_Wireless-N_1202

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You'll find out when you get the device-id of it. There are very few Atheros cards actually supported.

The last part of your answer concerning issues with instant reboot I did not found that.
So even with a good DSDT file these issues occur?

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I don't think the instant reboot is DSDT related. I'm not sure what other "issues" you may be referring to.

All I want to know is if or what people have to share with this new type of hardware.

I was intended to use only the nvidia instead of HD4600 but I know both can work as Apple has it.

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Except when it's Optimus...