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November 5, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, How-to, HP TouchSmart, News, osx86, Tutorial

How to Install OS X on the HP TouchSmart

Disclaimer: This was tested on an HP TouchSmart IQ507, but should work on the entire IQ500 series, though the IQ504 runs on a different video chipset. To get things started, you’ll need a copy of iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 which can be found on any number of torrent sites. While you’re waiting for it to download,…

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November 4, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, HP TouchSmart, News, osx86, Video

Video: HP TouchSmart Running OS X

Ahh, sweet success! I finally managed to get OS X loaded on my HP TouchSmart IQ507. Here’s some proof. I’ve also posted instructions if anyone’s interested in trying it out.

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November 3, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, HP TouchSmart, News, OS X, osx86

Closer to OS X on the HP TouchSmart

I’ve managed to get OS X installed on the HP TouchSmart IQ507, however I’m still having serious issues getting it to boot fully. Seems to hang right before it gets to the IOACPI phase of the boot process. There is good news though! I was able to get the touchscreen working under the OS X…

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October 29, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, HP TouchSmart, News, Review

HP TouchSmart Review

I got my HP TouchSmart IQ507 Monday afternoon, and after playing around with it for the last couple days, I have to say it’s an awesome machine. Awesome enough to warrant a quick review! First thing you’ll want to do is open up the HP Touch Screen Controls and disable the Touch Screen Sound option…

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October 20, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, News, OS X, Technology

OS X on the HP TouchSmart IQ507

I just bought an HP TouchSmart IQ507 off eBay and it should (hopefully) be arriving by the end of the week. In the mean time, I’m working on putting together drivers for running OS X on the IQ507. Video drivers should be the easy part, but there’s a 99% chance that I’ll have to write…

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