Ed_David Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I am willing to wager the new Lenovo P50 laptops with a 4k display and color calibration monitor paired with hackintosh will make it a $1700 laptop that can rival the $4k macpro trash canIt seems its predecessor is hackintosh ready - http://blazinglist.com/top-10-best-laptops-hackintosh-2015/and this is running the new skylake xeon chips - if all goes well - this is going to be a major deal savings computer. Emanuel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafreaking Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Good luck trying to get this to work 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_David Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 I got my last hackintosh working great in resolve - I am ready for it to go 90% smoothly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanveer Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Thanks for posting this. These laptops have some serious Desktop specs. I am guessing they will be superb for editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafreaking Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I got my last hackintosh working great in resolve - I am ready for it to go 90% smoothlyLaptop or Desktop?Remember...the lenovo laptops are the first ones with the new mobile xeon processors. Till Apple makes laptops using similar processors you would be relying on hacked kexts and DSDTs which aren't the best vaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I have never been impressed with Apple hardware (nor software), and I am all for hackintosh projects. However, exercise caution when using Lenovo products -- the company has a history of installing spyware in the firmware and OS of their machines. Flynn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I have never been impressed with Apple hardware (nor software), and I am all for hackintosh projects. However, exercise caution when using Lenovo products -- the company has a history of installing spyware in the firmware and OS of their machines.OK, thanks. And? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Mayer Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I am in desperate need of an upgrade. The Lenovo looks a solid choice but I am secretly hoping Apple release a more powerful Macbook (Air) tomorrow and/or even better could be if Microsoft release a powerful enough Surface Pro 4 next month (then I could swap my iPad and Macbook Air for one slim device and be rid of Apple forever). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafreaking Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/18/intels-new-mobile-xeon-isnt-what-you-might-think-i.aspxFor what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_David Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 great article in the fool - still would love to see when the lenovo p50 hits and specs with it vs macbook pro 2014 and if apple releases a late 2015 macbook pro refresh. Curious Apple's move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 OK, thanks. And?Be careful using Lenovo machines -- they put s#!t in their firmware. No "and" needed. Flynn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafreaking Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Any particular reason you want/need to use OSX, Ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enny Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I dont like osx never did i have mac pro 2009 and its ruining windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Look at this one though: http://www.msi.com/product/nb/PE60-2QE.html . Pretty sexy package/value I'd say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benymypony Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hackintosh can be 100% stable, but be careful at each system update.In 2009 I made a Hackintosh with a Dell Mini 10 and it was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_David Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Look at this one though: http://www.msi.com/product/nb/PE60-2QE.html . Pretty sexy package/value I'd say that is sexy but does it do thunderbolt 3 - also lenovo p50 does look like a pile of heavy and clunky - thank you for this - need some benchmark testsNo reason I need os x - I just need resolve -but I like os x more than windows 10 - feels more stable. vaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_David Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 well once you are working with over 4 tb of footage then to me all that matters is some form of thunderbolt and a raid disk array - the lenovo p50 will allow thunderbolt 3 raids which are blazing fast.but yes disk speed is important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Be careful using Lenovo machines -- they put s#!t in their firmware. No "and" needed. Understood. But on the contrary, that "and?" was fairly needed... ...fear is a bitch; paranoid fear is a bitch squared.- Emanuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Understood. But on the contrary, that "and?" was fairly needed... ...fear is a bitch; paranoid fear is a bitch squared.- EmanuelPerhaps we don't understand the ramifications of having manufacturer-installed malware in our BIOS. Here's a hint -- it's not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Perhaps we don't understand the ramifications of having manufacturer-installed malware in our BIOS. Here's a hint -- it's not good.I agree that methods like these are not good, but it was crapware that was intended to help the stability of the computer for novices. Thats why these were a problem with only the non-thinkpad series. Definetly not malware. Also Lenovo learned and stoped puting it in new computers. Emanuel is right, fear is a bitch. Here's a hint to you - misinformation does not help. Emanuel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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