There’s nothing more satisfying than building a hackintosh, i.e. Installing Mac OS X on a non-Apple machine. Although it isn’t as easy as it sounds, but the end result is worth the effort.

Building a PC with specific components and installing Mac OS X on it can save you thousands of dollars you might spend on a real Mac. And now, it’s time to step into the portable world. Today we will show how you can turn an HP ProBook (or any compatible Sandy Bridge laptop) into a 95% MacBook Pro! Why should (or shouldn’t) you do it? Let’s clarify whether or not it should be done.

System OS OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 HP: 4540s Ram: 8 GB SSD: Kingston 120 GB Hyper Fury HDD: 320 GB. Hi, so i own a Mid 2012 Macbook Pro 13' and the hard drive recently crashed so i am going to be putting a 480gb SSD in it and upgrading from 4 to 16 GB of. In comes the Hackintosh, this perhaps is the only way to use Apple's OS on a laptop, and in case you are wondering why people don't just go for the. We are now looking at the HP ProBook 450 G3, and for those who don't know, the ProBook series by HP is one of the best series out in the market, it's a. I have an HP Probook 4540s that I've been using for a few years and love it, but it has some limitations - max RAM is 8GB is the biggest one - so. Is dedicated to legally obtained copies of OS X. Please do not ask, or post, about things like iAtkos, Niresh, or any other modified OS X installer that may have.

Firstly, we all know Apple makes awesome laptops. The design, build quality, and the aesthetics (not to mention, the glowing Apple) would make you crave for one. Secondly, all these Apple laptops are bundled with Mac OS X, which (for some people) is the most user-friendly and annoyance-free operating system. Virtual Serial Port Wifi there.

Digital artists, musicians, video editors, they all prefer Mac for a reason. So the verdict is, if hardware design is what you really look for, you should get a real Mac, and we are not at all stopping you from doing so. But if you’re only concerned with the OS (and saving a few bucks in your pocket), you may consider giving this a shot. But remember, it may not perform as good as a real Mac does.

The results vary, so hope for the best, and proceed with caution. Why HP ProBook? If you’re familiar with hackintoshing, you might know that the hackintoshing methods devised by tonymacx86 are the most ‘legal’ ones (since they do not involve piracy, while most other methods are based on piracy). And if you remember, we have already showed you how to or on a custom-built computer using the tonymacx86 methods. Recently, one of the members of the tonymacx86 community, named ‘BlueKing’ discovered that the HP ProBook (especially the 4530S) is one of the most compatible laptops for running Mac OS X Lion or Snow Leopard (not to mention it resembles a MacBook Pro as well). As you might’ve read in the, it’s all about the motherboard, and the HP ProBook seems to have a hackintoshable motherboard.

Apart from that, it has to be a Sandy Bridge processor. The reason is simple, Sandy Bridge processors have built-in graphics support, which means you can get full graphics acceleration (QE/CI) in Mac OS X by slightly tricking it, and you won’t need a dedicated graphics card.

So if you are an existing ProBook owner, see if your machine is compatible or not. Finally, there’s one more thing that you need to check. If you want to use Wi-Fi in OS X, your laptop should have an ‘Atheros’ Wi-Fi module. But if you’ve just purchased a ProBook and don’t have the required card (you might have a Broadcom or Ra-link instead), you can buy the Atheros card from eBay for pretty cheap. Be sure to order the right one, HP branded card, part number 593127-001 (just search on eBay for HP Atheros 593127 and you’ll get it). Then just take the old one out, and replace it with the new one.

Now that you’ve got all the required items, we’re ready to go. If you have any other Sandy Bridge (core i3 or above) laptop, you can try this method anyway, just be sure to search the for your particular laptop to see if someone else has already tried hackintoshing it. You can also install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on your ProBook or any other laptop (instead of Lion) as described in the method.

The following procedure is a detailed explanation of the by BlueKing (for snow leopard installation, you may also refer to ). The procedure There may be two situations now. Either you’ll have Windows (or any other OS) already installed on the hard drive, or it might be empty. Either way, we want it to be formatted on GPT (so you might have to reformat it if Windows is already installed). Backup your data before you proceed. We will use the UniBeast method.