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So is the OptiMac limited to Monterey? Or is there a SMBIOS that would work given the processor restrictions? Not really a big deal since at these prices, even a couple of good years on Monterey would be a steal.

trs96 made the process smooth as butter. Mine is still running GREAT.

Yep, I loaded it, but my adapter was not on the list…Thursday is pretty fast.

Exactly. Thing is handling everything I throw at it. DEVONthink (oh, how I’ve missed you), Omnifocus, Office, Affinity apps, Scrivener, etc. So good.

@trs96, I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I am using my Dell OptiMac 9020 USFF i7 4790S, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, HD4600 graphics to type this post on right now. Everything I have tried so far works, and it seems to work great! I am surprised at the real world speed of these...

I did, but there were 8 of them in the lot so that is a potential worry. I guess if it is terrible, I can get just the chassis for cheap and replace the case. I have been building PCs for a long time…

They do, and I thought about it, but I think that listing is cursed. It has Ultra Small Tiny in it, and I was worried they will think it is the micro again. Instead I got one off eBay with a 30 day return. It was cheap enough to take a risk... https://www.ebay.com/itm/294603926283 We'll see...

Okay, so I bought from a vendor off Amazon, SJ, and instead of the i7-4770s, 512 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM Optiplex 9020 USFF, I received an Optiplex 9020M Tiny with an i7-4785T, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD. Should I return it? I wouldn’t mind the size of the thing (it is hilariously tiny) but will that...

General blog stuff including basic graphics creation. Book writing (Scrivener) and publishing (Vellum). Basic office stuff other than that (including Microsoft Office). I might get into XCode eventually (probably not though), and basic video editing--definitely not 4k editing. I will hook it up...

ASUS - TUF GAMING X570-PLUS, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, and an nVidia 3060Ti (which is the problem--I can't use the onboard AMD graphics, and I can't use the 3060Ti)...

Dang, I wanted to be greedy and get really cheap, but I should probably be smart and only get a really good deal instead of a fantastic no brainer deal. Thanks for finding this!!! I bought a gaming pc and can’t afford a lot for my hackintosh budget.

How much of a difference does the i5 make versus the i7?

Here you go, I hope it helps...

It was Catalina. I was able to get 1536 MB on the intel 630, and I believe it was full video acceleration. I don't know why you wouldn't be getting an Install OSX option. It would have to not be seeing your target hard drive as not valid? I honestly have no idea...I might post that on a new...

Other drawbacks to using this machine: battery life was around 50 minutes. I thought that was bad and it is, but in Windows it is about 75 minutes. So.....it's a gaming machine beast. Not so good at battery life. The fans were always blasting on full. The brightness controls didn't work - no...

I bet it has to do with the UEFI settings. You need to disable windows boot I bet. I honestly just followed the guide and matched it up with my settings: Rehabman's Guide for Laptops BIOS settings In order to boot the Clover from the USB, you should visit your BIOS settings: - "VT-d"...

Jimbly, sorry I decided to forego the hackintosh on the laptop. I still have my hackintosh tower that I am using, and I just use splashtop to remote back. Seems to work fine...sorry. I will say when I got it working, I mostly used the default options from the laptop links.

Thanks! I think this is what I needed.

Updated and still no dice...ah well. If anyone has any ideas, I would be very interested.

Okay, so I downloaded hackintool, and see I have several kexts out of date. I am going to update those when I get back later and see if it helps.