Hi to all
Thanks for all of your work that you've made for us
I want to share with some information about my experience.
Tried to install os x on 4740s(base modification with i3 2370m B6M17EA) in winter but without good result - screen works only 1024x768, video card doesn't work correctly. So remove hdd and in spring updated my pc and build custom mac.
Used win 7 all this months on hp.
New cycle began after upgrading cpu to i7-3612qm, which I set up 2 days ago.
And today I've successfully installed OS X 10.8.4 on updated my 4740s.
Everything became even better then I've expected, have to set only one additional kext on for my wifi at9285, because probook installer 9285patch found card but doesn't help see networks. For fixing found patch AtherosWiFiInjector from
http://www.osx86.net, after relaunch found my network.
What seems to be working that I've checked right now:
- screen 1600x900, light changing in wide range
- touchpad
- keyboard, even functional buttons - found light changing, sound changing(not the same as at win but working)
- hdmi out! - additional display LG FullHD resolution, it's really useful for me to share picture for 2 monitors
- hdmi sound (but without changing audio volume)
- all usb out
- camera and mic - test it in Skype(But not Facetime - only on led indicator)
- cardreader
- ethernet Realtek RTL8168E-VL
- wifi AR9285 after additional fix
- battery status - shows mAh, timing percentage
- HW monitor - for CPU by every core, HDD, powers level
- cooler control and rpm status (really low rpm at idle - less 2000 rpm, cpu 50C)
- 2 touches on touchpad - can scroll using 2 fingers
- CPU multipliers - work fine as I see, also power management and cooler seems better then in win 7. Right now time indicator shows near 3:30-4 hrs of working from battery, in win 7- less then 3. Also temperature less in ML - near 50-60 C.
Don't make any dsdt - just used probook intaller, thanks all developers who take part in those app.
Applied only one kext in addition - as I mentioned for wifi.
Some of already found issues
- doesn't go sleep. After switching sleep mode - shutdown for 1-3 sec, and switches on again, with black screen, which became working(full light) after pressing some button.
- vga out
Have some question
1. should I write correct smsbios file and set ddr, serial number?
2. Some ideas how to fix sleeping? I see option in probook installer but don't want to choose update without advices and knowing how to restore...
3. (Fixed in prefernces of touchpad)Is it bug or feature I can't use one touch gesture as left click? It was a feature=)
PS ML works really fast(maybe because it's clean) in comparing with Win 7, also difference in geekbench near 45% - 9700 in ML, 6700 in 7. So I'm happy to write this message from hackbook
PS sorry for my not best English, hope you can understand what I wanted to say)