Hello,

my Macbook sadly seems to going to die soon... I would like to buy this nice notebook: Sony Vaio VPCF11M1E/H

It has the following hardware inside:

- Geforce GT330M (similiar to GT240) with 1024MB DDR3
- Intel PM55 Express-chipset
- Intel Core i5-520M Processor (dual core)
- PC3-8500 DDR3 4GB Ram


I have no information what wireless module is exactly inside... The PM55 chipset is responsible for usb2, gigabit LAN, audio, sata, e-sata...

The PM55 seems to be a very new chipset.

Do you know if this hardware would run Snow Leopard or Leopard? Are there drivers available for this chipset, the cpu and the Geforce type?

Thanks a lot for any help.

I just bought this laptop last week and was wondering the same thing. This laptop has multitouch. Would be awesome, if this functionality would work in OSX86

Hello,

If it is possible, would you try to install Snow Leopard on your Vaio?

I don´t know if nVidia 330m is compatible with Snow, and i´m thinking in buying Snoy Vaio or Dell Latitude E6500 (but there is 350€ of difference).

Sorry for my english.

Tell if you try to install, if you need help i can help you. Mail me.

I have buy the same notebook sony vaio vpcf11m1e, and i want install snow leopard , but it's compatible??

Can anyone help me to resolve with some keytext?

Thanks

as the new MBP series came out, it's clear that nvidia gt 330M and core i5 cpu can't be a problem. actually the sony vaio F series are very close to new MBPs regarding hardware.

so any experienced hackitoshers would give some advice how to start? should i post a detailed spec of the notebook so you can tell which method we can use?

so here's what we have:
<<< System Summary >>>

> Platform : Intel Calpella
> Mainboard : Sony Corporation VAIO
> Chipset : Intel PM55
> Processor : Intel Core i5 520M @ 2400 MHz
> Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
> Hard Disk : Hitachi (500 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500S4
> DVD-Rom Drive : FINWFQJ PYVCXMVG1 SCSI CdRom Device
> Monitor Type : Nvidia Defaul - 16 inches
> Network Card
> Network Card : MV88SE614x PCIe to SATA2 controller Yukon 88E8057 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller
> Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition 6.01.7600 (x64)
> DirectX : Version 11.00

<<< Mainboard >>>

> Manufacturer : Sony Corporation
> Mainboard : Sony Corporation VAIO
> Bios : American Megatrends Inc.
> Chipset : Intel PM55
> Physical Memory : 4096 MB DDR3-SDRAM
> LPC bus : Yes
> PCI Bus : Yes
> Bus PCI-Express : Yes
> USB Bus : Yes
> SMBus/i2c Bus : Yes
> Bus HyperTransport : No
> Bus QPI : Yes
> Bus CardBus : No
> Bus FireWire : Yes

<<< Processor >>>

> Processor : Intel Core i5 520M
> Frequency : 2400 MHz
> Number of Core : 2
> Support : Socket 1156 LGA
> Cache L1 : 2 x 64 KB
> Cache L2 : 256 KB
> Cache L3 : 2 x 3072 KB
> FPU Coprocessor : Present
> Core 1 Activity : 0%
> Core 2 Activity : 0%

<<< Video >>>

> Current Display : 1920x1080 pixels at 59 Hz in True Colors (32-bit)
> Touch Support : No
> Number of monitor : 1
> Monitor Type : Nvidia Defaul
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
> nVidia CUDA : No (actually this chip supports CUDA, don't know why why it's not detected)
> OpenCL : Supported (Not Installed)
> OpenGL : Yes
> GDI Plus : Yes
> Direct2D : Yes

<<< Devices >>>
> Type of mouse : Alps Pointing-device for VAIO

<<< Multimedia >>>
> Device Audio : 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio (Realtek)

<<< Network >>>
> Network Card : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
> Network Card : Marvell Yukon 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller


so what's next? what method (and distro) would you recommend? as i don't want to invest in a new hdd, my plan is to use just a partition. right now i have a 50GB partition for linux which i could sacrifice for testing purpose. possible?

any help would be highly appreciated guys!

I'm pretty much wondering the same thing. I've been experimenting with VMware Workstation 7 and got Snow Leopard 10.6.2 running quite smoothly and reliably...so next would be real installation but I'm still wondering about the driver support.

But as posted earlier, I'd expect most devices to work just fine because the hardware is so close to the new MBPs.

Originally Posted by iben12

so here's what we have:

.....

so what's next? what method (and distro) would you recommend? as i don't want to invest in a new hdd, my plan is to use just a partition. right now i have a 50GB partition for linux which i could sacrifice for testing purpose. possible?

any help would be highly appreciated guys!

you can try OSX86 snow leopard Intel/AMD HAZARD's distro.

i am thinking the same thing.
did anyone get this working?
i read 330m should work with graphicsenables=y.

please post your experiences

I think many people got it working.