Has anyone been successful with this laptop? I'm on the verge of buying one (16GB, 512GB, i7m) and I'd really like to get MacOS on it.
I know people have done the XPS 13 and 15, and this CPU is similar to the MacBook, but I don't know if there are any obvious problems.
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Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteSeveral weeks ago I started using this laptop with the idea of using it for travel and other purposes. The obvious reasons were cost, and the next were size and weight; I'm no longer up for carrying heavy things, and I don't want to just use it for Keynote presentations and the occasional Excel file. I started using the EFI shared here, and to be honest, I had a lot of problems, as the original author mentions. Then, with the help of a friend from Hackintosh Expert, we managed to install a somewhat viable Ventura, although the performance was still inefficient. What was the problem? Undoubtedly, the iGPU. It requires very, very precise configuration to achieve maximum performance, with the best possible screen resolution and the correct operating temperature for the laptop (which doesn't have a fan). Today I can say that it works "efficiently." It's not an M1 or anything like that, but for what I need it for, it performs well enough. Things I couldn't fix: 1) Dell IR webcam (incompatible, case closed), 2) Fingerprint reader (none work on macOS), 3) Headphone jack (I have Bluetooth headphones, no problem), 4) Deep hibernation because the trackpad is lost upon waking (but light sleep works perfectly with a live trackpad).
I'd be happy to share my EFI with anyone who wants to try it. However, I've noticed over these past few weeks that even if two computers are exactly the same model, a DELL XPS 9365 with seemingly the same processor (Intel Core i7-7Y75), there are minimal hardware differences that drastically affect the configuration. You have to manually configure each device to achieve the correct settings.
Just as an additional note, the laptop ended up running macOS Ventura 13.7.8 and OpenCore 1.0.6.
I hope my experience is helpful.
Luis Henao