osx on z61m?

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osx on z61m?

#1 Post by cpascu01 » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:59 pm

Has anyone gotten this to work?

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#2 Post by 3nigma » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:36 pm

I want to see if it will work as well, because of the built-in webcam.

Could we substitute this for a MacBook iSight camera built in? Would it read natively? Could it be hacked to be used with iChat?

This would be a HUGE deal.

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#3 Post by cpascu01 » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:10 pm

My particular model of Z61m doesn't have a built in webcam, which I was disappointed about when I got my thinkpad. =o(

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#4 Post by 3nigma » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:22 pm

IBM/Lenovo has a 30-day (21 now?) return policy to play with it.

You could still get your camera one, if it's new enough.

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#5 Post by cpascu01 » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:53 pm

I could have done that, but I'm happy with my purchase. I don't think I would have used it anyways.
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Sound, Sleep, Brightness, Ethernet...

#6 Post by ritsche » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:01 am

Hello People!

I have a Z61m Dual 2Core 1,67Ghz, Intel Gm950. JaS 10.4.6 is basically working fine, but...

it would be really nice to get the following thinks to work:

- Sleep Mode
- Brightness adjustments with the keyboard

would be also cool to get

- Sound (SoundMax dev_1981 ven_11D4) (tried the solution at http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=20164)
- Ethernet (Broadcom dev_1601 ven_14E4) (also tried insanelymac.com post "Broadcom BCM5752 Gigabit interface working on a Dell...")

to work...

Does anybody have an idea?

Thanx,

Ritsche

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#7 Post by cpascu01 » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:51 am

Have you tried installing 10.4.8?
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#8 Post by ritsche » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:03 pm

hi cpascu

thanks for the reply!
are all the things mentioned above working with 10.4.8 on your Z61m? if yes, did they work without any patching?

best

ritsche

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Re: Sound, Sleep, Brightness, Ethernet...

#9 Post by mister_lake » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:10 pm

ritsche wrote:snipped
did you ever get the broadcom netxtreme to work? I've got 10.4.9 and looking for a solution

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