processor B940 and intel hd2000

[blueking]

This is correct. The hd 3000 is required, meaning you need a sandy bridge CPU.

 

[atriaventrica]

However I also bought the celeron and the processor is upgradeable. So you can buy an i3 or i5 and swap it and then install.

 

[blueking]

That I guess it true.

 

[Dewitts]

hi

a friend bought a 4530s but with a B940 processor and a intel hd2000..
I advised him to buy a 4530s for his macos compatibility but didn't know that model was existing...

is it possible to install osx 6 or 7 on that one (it looks like it's a sandy bridge and in the faq's it looks like it's the condition. but I have a bad feeling about that)?

thx

ako

Does it happen to have a second graphics card as in the radeon?
If you can upgrade the processor and with the independant radeon card it may just work

 

[blueking]

The upgraded processor has the hd 3000, so that would be the easiest.

 

[Dewitts]

the graphics is in the processor not the board? damn.. if it didn't then it could have maybe been a stepping stone for ours to see what made it tick

 

[liposuction]

the graphics is in the processor not the board? damn.. if it didn't then it could have maybe been a stepping stone for ours to see what made it tick

That's correct. The GPU is in the CPU with regards to the Intel graphics.

 

[Dewitts]

hi

a friend bought a 4530s but with a B940 processor and a intel hd2000..
I advised him to buy a 4530s for his macos compatibility but didn't know that model was existing...

is it possible to install osx 6 or 7 on that one (it looks like it's a sandy bridge and in the faq's it looks like it's the condition. but I have a bad feeling about that)?

thx

ako

Tell him to take it back to the shop and tell them he's had 3 blue screens in the last few days and he wants to return it and chose a different model. (then pay the extra if relevant)