acer iconia w700

I got an Acer w700 and just wondered if I could work with mac os x and if the touch screen works with in mac os instead of using a mouse to the tablet please let me know thanks

I started with my Samsung Slate a while back, but I'm sure you can get OSX on your Iconia some how.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/lion-lapt...ries-7-slate-tablet-75-complete-10-7-4-a.html
Depends on how hard you try.

1)Find out what your Intel HD graphics chipset is. Either HD3000 or HD4000.
If you have usb3.0 then you most likely have HD4000 witch means you should install OSX 10.8.3
If you don't have usb3.0 then you most likely have HD3000 witch means you should install OSX 10.7.5

2)Update the BIOS to UEFI. I'v attached the latest BIOS Update to this post at the bottom.
Acer has an update file on their drivers page if you want you can download it from there.
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
Setting up the UEFI BIOS is what you will also have to test out yourself.
Make sure the SATA controller is set to AHCI mode.
Also look for the EHCI handoff to be enabled and power management to be set to S3.

3)Make a uni-beast 10.8.3 or 10.7.5 installer and try it out.
10.8.3 Uni-Beast Guid http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
10.7.5 Uni-Beast Guid http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/10/unibeast-install-mac-os-x-lion-using.html

I'm curious to see if you can get the installer to show up on the Iconia screen in 1080p full video acceleration.
It won't be hard to get touch to work. Most likely it will auto recognized. Most important is that native screen.

Your Acer does not have a Wacom digitizer and pen so you should have an easier time getting OSX on your machine.

Give it a try and see if the installer can boot to the screen. If you get it that far me and the rest off the gang here will help you to get the rest going.

The thing to know is if you want a 100% working machine right off the bat, you can just forget about it.

This will take a long time to get it to work in OSX the way it does in WIN.

But when you do...You will be the only kid on the block or the world who has a OSX touch-screen tablet.

Things that will probably cause issues are the Screen, Audio, Wifi, BlueTooth, but I have a feeling if you update BIOS to UEFI you will have native screen at full acceleration and the world is in your hands from there on.

Give it a try and let me know what happens.

MAS

I just got an Iconia from a trade..didn't realize that i had a BIOS password, now I got to wait on the guys who ZI made the trade with to pay the $200 ACER wants to unlock the BIOS. Then we will see if we can get this ICONIA running OSX....I have the model number W700-6607. It has USB 3.0 and HD4000 as the graphics chipset. Any one have any idea how to reset the BIOS without having to open up the machine and jump the eprom chip?

hi I have the i3 UK model which as the hd 3000 and 1.5gb cpu 4gb ram usb 3 acer did different models for different country's have you had any joy thanks

So what have you tried so far?
Have you made a UniBeast installer?

I'm still locked out of the bios on my machine will have that fixed soon. So far I can't help you out to the T but we can see what results you may have.

Tell me what you have tried and what has happened so far.

Hello! Could are you help me? I think a lot of time about hackintosh tablet or laptop. From Laptop i chose probook 4430s or dell e6230. Could are you answer me this is good choice? This is my first question. Second i think about hackintosh tablet. I have ipad, but this is mobile OS don't satisfy me. I need a full operating system. So my question is about the choice. Do you think it is worth buying samsung slate or acer iconia w700? Or do you advise something else. Thank you so much. With love from Russia.

Hey Whats going on russian Bratan.

For your first question.

ao39 said:

From Laptop i chose probook 4430s or dell e6230. Could are you answer me this is good choice?

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I would go through this http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook-4530s/ section of TonyMac. You will find that you model is close enough, just make sure you buy Intel processor.

ao39 said:

Do you think it is worth buying samsung slate or acer iconia w700?

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As Far as Tablets Go is always an experiment. I started the Samsung Slate and people have it working almost perfect, if you can deal with dim screen.
Look through it here http://www.tonymacx86.com/lion-lapt...ries-7-slate-tablet-75-complete-10-7-4-a.html
I'm still locked out of my BIOS on W700 so I don't know yet.

Slushey illi ti umeyish dengi kupi tebya novey W700. Ya tebya pakaju kak yey ustroyits na OSX 10.8.3. Same glavney do ti kupil etat W700, zdelay tebya UniBeast USB OSX 10.8.3 installer. Eta budet xaroshay experiment. Izvini Brat moy ruski yazik ochen ploxi. Ya pstarayus gavarits pa ruski i pa angliski.

MAS

just picked up one of these today. i have the w700-6499. unibeast method needed -x(safe mode) to boot installer. -x(safe mode) was also needed for first system boot. ethernet via usb works. which multibeast settings allowed you to boot normally? do i just try random packages until things work? do i need to reinstall after a kernel panic? just trying to match your progress. made an attempt with this on the ep121 slate awhile back. making a strong effort on this.

9 reinstalls later, I had it. Screwed it up shortly thereafter. Trying to recreate. I was definitely able to boot from internal ssd with no flags. Didn't have support for much, attempting to install audio is what botched it up. It MIGHT require installing chimera manually, not with multibeast. Not sure. Definitely need fakesmc, a bootloader, acpi patch (intel cpu powermgmt). Installed minimal kexts/patches and was able to get a clean and stable boot. Details to come. Wish I had a better idea of the various chipsets (audio, bt, etc).

Phunkyguy: I will be sending my acer to get unlocked so i can get in to the bios. So i will be joining your efforts soon.
The wifi will most likely will never work its a UNSUPPORTED Broadcomm chipset. The BT should work after ACPI patch. As far as i know again Im not 100% sure but I think its ALC269. If you look through my thread on the samsung slate Alimone explains how to make your own HDA kext. Here is a link..i think the audio write up is around pages 60-70. Good luck