I have recently used think pad and updated OSX 10.5.5 on X61. The distribution used is iDeneb 10.5.5. This installation takes about 7GB of hard disk space.
Also successful with Kalyway 10.5.2 but the hassle to upgrade it to 10.5.5 is just taking too much time cause of the steps to update to 10.5.3 then to 10.5.4 and finally 10.5.5. Using iDeneb, you get 10.5.5 out of the box.
Installation is very smooth and VGA works out of the box. QE/CI is supported and able to run all OpenGL applications smoothly. Time machine works well.
Things that need additional drivers (kext) is as follows:
i. LAN Card (can download the driver from here: http://techresearchinfo.blogspot.com.)
ii. Audio (Output through speaker only) can download from here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=87574&st=190
iii. Battery meter download from here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114105
With these 3 things, we can have a 95% working X61 hackintosh notebook. It is more powerful than MSI Wind.
Things that are not working to date:
i. Wireless LAN card (alternative solution is to change the internal card or get a USB WIFI card)
ii. LCD Brightness - still no control of LCD Brightness. If anyone has a solution, please let me know in the comment below. Have been searching for long as it is very important to use it as notebook. Right now, I am using the X61 hackintosh with external monitor (Samsung T240) with 1920x1600 resolutions. Can watch Hulu with full HD.
iii. Sound card - audio out on headphone and mic. Still not working but can be resolved with external USB sound card.
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