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Alienware Alpha R1

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Asus P8H61 M-LX USB3
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Intel Core i5-3470
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Palit Dual GTX 1060 6GB
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Hey,

I've got the original Alienware Alpha (Windows) with i5-4590T, 12GB DDR3L-1600 MHz RAM, GM107 2GB GPU. I was wondering, given the convenient form factor, if this could be a good candidate Hackintosh? The BIOS is fairly basic and it's got its own boot loader, but given it's a pre-built Dell computer, I wonder if I can put in another drive and use it as a Mac, or if due to the OS recognising the hardware it'll reject it? Thanks :)
 
How'd you go? Did you get anywhere? I've got an alpha on the way - hoping I can Hackintosh it :)
 
How'd you go? Did you get anywhere? I've got an alpha on the way - hoping I can Hackintosh it :)

I'm going to give it a try in a couple of days, will report back. Hopefully it'll work without issues, if not I might install Ubuntu instead.
 
I''ve got as far an booting to the macOS installer and beginning the install. But it crashed part way in...
 
Ok - Probably crashed the first time due to installing onto an external USB. Tried again on an internal I could reformat, and BINGO! Worked first time. No drama!. Amazing.
 
I tried installing to an external hard drive. It finished and then restarted and booted straight to Windows. No matter what I've tried, I can't get it to boot into either the USB or the drive I installed it on.
 
OK I got everything to install but the only issue is that Wi-Fi doesn't work and I can't find anything on about getting BUILT-IN Wi-Fi to work. So, I'm gonna abandon this project.
 
OK I got everything to install but the only issue is that Wi-Fi doesn't work and I can't find anything on about getting BUILT-IN Wi-Fi to work. So, I'm gonna abandon this project.

My understanding is that the built in WiFi won't work. You need a USB WiFi adapter. I use eth at my desk so it didn't bother me. You can get cheap eth to WiFi bridges if you need one - that an option. Or Powerline ethernet, which is great.
 
My understanding is that the built in WiFi won't work. You need a USB WiFi adapter. I use eth at my desk so it didn't bother me. You can get cheap eth to WiFi bridges if you need one - that an option. Or Powerline ethernet, which is great.

Well, it sucks that I can't use built-in Wi-Fi. I'm not going to use an operating system which doesn't even support that, I have no need for it. I have hardware and I want to use what I have. Sticking with Windows.
 
simply replace the built in chip with a hack friendly chip, less than 20 use and voila
 
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