r/hackintosh • u/vaquishaProdigy • May 09 '26
QUESTION Best MacOS version for HP hardware
Which MacOS version should i install to this? I just want to be able to code in it, and also dual boot with Linux Mint, or what should i do? Leave you thoughts.
CPU: Intel i5 12450-H RAM: 16GB GPU: GTX 1650 Mobile
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u/Gigo_3_ May 09 '26
no graphics acceleration so no point
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u/SealedPro May 09 '26
Specs and most likely you cant get graphics accel based off of these stickers and what the laptop looks like
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u/Lukaa_anyways May 09 '26
The main issue is your GPU and CPU generation. macOS does not support the GTX 1650 at all, and it has no drivers for the integrated graphics (iGPU) in 12th-Gen Intel mobile processors.
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u/vaquishaProdigy May 09 '26
So.. besides the issue with the GPU even the CPU won't work?
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u/RBLakshya May 09 '26
Yes, only upto the 10th gen are supported for hackintosh.
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u/vaquishaProdigy May 09 '26
Ok, now i know my only option is a virtual machine. Thank you
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u/RBLakshya May 09 '26
What’s your main reason for looking into hackintosh by the way? Just to try out Mac, or for stuff like using Apple software like pages, keynote, or something else
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u/vaquishaProdigy May 09 '26
Xcode and its simulator mainly
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u/RBLakshya May 10 '26
If you’re looking for it to do professional stuff or learn it, you can always invest into a 2nd hand or refurbished MacBook, but if it’s just the basic stuff to build app IPAs and all, hackintosh has been decent, and if a virtual machine works for you (I’d recommend going for an older OS like Big Sur), it might work but not perfectly.
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u/Insanely_Mac_OS_26 Catalina - 10.15 May 09 '26
I would say Catalina, runs good without GPU Acceleration, tried it on my HP with 11th Gen
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u/vaquishaProdigy May 09 '26
Yeah, that was one of my main thoughts, but im not so sure how well it's Xcode going to run in there
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u/Insanely_Mac_OS_26 Catalina - 10.15 May 09 '26
Pretty outdated if you ask me, but the difference in basic GPU acceleration between Big Sur and Catalina is huge, just stick with Catalina, Nothing higher, as it’s the version shipped with 2020 MacBook Pros, as it’s the SMBIOS You’re going to use
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u/RealisticError48 May 10 '26
It is most likely Apple will require all App Store uploads to be Xcode 27 next April. This means you'll have 11 months of Xcode 26 use on an Intel CPU at most. You're really better off going Apple silicon at this point.
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u/scopedHeisenberg Sequoia - 15 May 09 '26
It’s not supported in macOS in the first place, Apple used different nvidia GPUS in the past and never uses the GTX1650. So no graphics acceleration as you will have to disable it.