The clunk on those keys is magnificent. How does this work? I know you can hack support onto outdated macs for newer OS updates but I didn’t know you could get it running on just any old hardware.
I’m using Opencore, which is a whole bunch of hacks and workarounds to trick Mac OS into booting and running on pretty much any hardware. This took weeks of trail and error, giving up, remembering why I needed a MacBook (want a unified notes platform for school. In the video you see the iMac, that’s a 2014 5K also running Opencore, updated to Ventura. I use that at home to take notes from my textbooks and the Hacbook goes to class with me. The fun thing about apple thrifting is the utility of it all. At the end of the day I have a beautiful system/ecosystem that can do real work. Though I am willing to sell the Hacbook if anyone is interested! I would like to upgrade to an actual MacBook, like a 2015.
It’s….fine. Like it depends on what you want to do. If you want to do some light programming or maybe emulate older video games, sure, it will do you fine, but you’d be better served with Linux. Mac OS performance is pretty finicky, but if you find a version where all the kext files and opencore stuff works with your system, it’s pretty neat just to have. Especially in this machine. I’ve upgraded basically everything except the keyboard. 16GB of ram, the best intel i7 that this thing can handle, along with a fan upgrade. The screen is a better 1080p panel. It’s pretty good….i got through a web development bootcamp using this machine, but at that time I had Fedora on it. Getting Mac OS to work is mostly just to show off that I can do it lol. It is an insane amount of tinkering with variables in the config file just seeing what works and what doesn’t work. Honestly, if you or anyone know of how I might get the WiFi working, I’d love to get the feedback!
@@UCcdTp7XpCkVLkaRCsDcifFg it sure is :) Probably the most “essential” upgrade if you want to use this thing as a laptop. When I was getting regular use out of it, I had it in a special “thinkpad dock” that Lenovo released around the same time as this. I think it works for the other thinkpads of the era as well. If you want a good “project laptop” that you could, in theory, actually use, things great. I haven’t even “fully upgraded” this one. I haven’t changed out the keyboard or tried to run a GPU yet.
Awesome! Please kindly upload your efi folder. I have the same machine but can't get the audio working.
I have the x230, but i didn’t even get beyond the installation bootscreen :(
Thanks.@@justmusic2010
I have updated the description of this video to have a link to a GitHub repo where I have the full efi.
I'm using monterey but intelhd shows 4mb on vram
Hi, I would want to hack my Acer Aspire 7720G. Do you think is it possibile to do?
Is it olarila?
Also what is the difference between macos and olarila images?
What bootloader are you using?
he's using opencore
Opencore. I used a lot of trial and error and the various sources online to get working.
The clunk on those keys is magnificent.
How does this work? I know you can hack support onto outdated macs for newer OS updates but I didn’t know you could get it running on just any old hardware.
I’m using Opencore, which is a whole bunch of hacks and workarounds to trick Mac OS into booting and running on pretty much any hardware.
This took weeks of trail and error, giving up, remembering why I needed a MacBook (want a unified notes platform for school. In the video you see the iMac, that’s a 2014 5K also running Opencore, updated to Ventura. I use that at home to take notes from my textbooks and the Hacbook goes to class with me.
The fun thing about apple thrifting is the utility of it all. At the end of the day I have a beautiful system/ecosystem that can do real work.
Though I am willing to sell the Hacbook if anyone is interested! I would like to upgrade to an actual MacBook, like a 2015.
@@MaconaBudgetlove to see it.
I’ve been a Linux guy for a years, but I may need to try out some hackintoshing
@@MaconaBudget Do did you upgrade to the MacBook Pro 2015? Did you go with the 13" or 15"? How are you liking it?
This laptop performance still legit?
It’s….fine. Like it depends on what you want to do. If you want to do some light programming or maybe emulate older video games, sure, it will do you fine, but you’d be better served with Linux. Mac OS performance is pretty finicky, but if you find a version where all the kext files and opencore stuff works with your system, it’s pretty neat just to have. Especially in this machine. I’ve upgraded basically everything except the keyboard. 16GB of ram, the best intel i7 that this thing can handle, along with a fan upgrade. The screen is a better 1080p panel.
It’s pretty good….i got through a web development bootcamp using this machine, but at that time I had Fedora on it.
Getting Mac OS to work is mostly just to show off that I can do it lol. It is an insane amount of tinkering with variables in the config file just seeing what works and what doesn’t work.
Honestly, if you or anyone know of how I might get the WiFi working, I’d love to get the feedback!
hi david, is that full hd ips ?
@@UCcdTp7XpCkVLkaRCsDcifFg it sure is :)
Probably the most “essential” upgrade if you want to use this thing as a laptop. When I was getting regular use out of it, I had it in a special “thinkpad dock” that Lenovo released around the same time as this. I think it works for the other thinkpads of the era as well.
If you want a good “project laptop” that you could, in theory, actually use, things great. I haven’t even “fully upgraded” this one. I haven’t changed out the keyboard or tried to run a GPU yet.
@@MaconaBudget are u using converter kit lvds edp? how durability the converter & the lcd , i stil doubt to mod