This is a guide on how to install Mac OS X on a Dell Inspiron 1501.

What you need is :

1. A Dell Inspiron 1501
2. 1 DVD-R (not RW) (burn leo4allv2 onto this with nero rom burner)
3. 1 DVD-RW
4. A working Windows XP install disk (you can install vista later in boot camp but you do need XP for this)
5. A leo4allv2 disk (you may use any torrent iso but this is the only one I got to work)
6. Vmware workstation install (save it to your desktop)
7. Vmware player (if you didn’t buy vmware workstation)

(Note: before installing windows turn your BIOS setting in the Advanced tab to
Disabled, Enabled, Enabled, Enabled, Enabled, and the rest Disabled or Mac OS X WILL NOT work.)

1. Install Windows XP with a big partition for Mac OS X and a 20 to 25 Gb Windows partition
2. Install network drivers
3. Download, SAVE, and install vmware workstation
4. Make a vm with the settings of other, other with as much ram as possible–use physical drive and individual partitions (the one without windows), and name the vm anything you like.
5. Uninstall vmware workstation and download, SAVE, and install vmware player
6. Turn off your computer
7. Turn it on and boot from cd
8. When prompted press F8 for advanced startup options and type -f
9. Installer should boot
10. Choose English
11. Choose utilities and disk utility.
12. Choose your Mac OS X partition, click the tab, and name it anything you want and format it as hfs plus (AKA Mac OS X (Journaled)) and click format.
13. Quit disk utility
14. Hit continue and I agree
15. Click on the only partition shown and click continue
16. Click on customize
17. Use all defaults except check off AMD system fix and Time Machine fix
18. Click ok and start the installer (Note: you can not leave this alone, you must be near your machine because it will idle halt, which means it will stall and not continue installing until there is user input). Once it is done restart by pressing restart (it will prompt you)
19. Put in your XP setup cd and let it load. When it asks you to press ente r, r or something to exit, press r to enter recovery console. Type bootcfg /REBUILD and type Media Center 2005 for both.
20. After that type quit it will restart
21. Take your XP cd out of your drive
22. When prompted press F8 for advanced startup options, pick windows ntfs and hit enter. Pick the option media center 2005 and XP will boot from there. Open vmware player and open the vm you made earlier. Wait for the count down—Mac OS X will start to boot
23. Once Mac OS X is done booting setup your Mac (Note: DO NOT send the registration)
24. After that minimize your vm and download emozs made for Inspiron 1501 kext from here http://rs177.rapidshare.com/files/49615374…Family.kext.zip . Burn it on the DVD-RW (I forgot to mention that you could use a cd for this too )
25. We burnt it to a disk so you could retrieve it on the OS X side, so open up the cd or dvd in OS X (if it is not there restart your vm). Drag the IOATAFamialy.zip.kext to the desktop.
26. Click on it, and Mac OS X will unzip it for you
27. Go to /system/library/extensions. Drag the IOATAFamialy.kext into the folder. A window will pop up — hit authenticate. A window will pop up asking you for your password– type it in
28. Once it has finished, try to repair disk permissions if it’s taking too long and not moving (remember the idlehault?) Just hold the power button and boot in to Mac OS X natively (you just need to type -f ). It will not be slow like it did in the vm–it goes blazing fast. (and I don’t even have a full GB of ram)

Enhancements (recommended)

Now for better resolution, use castello. Download the kexts here:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act…st&id=24814 and in applications use kext b7 helper (or something like that) and it will install the kexts for you (just not IOATAFamily.kext). You just drag and drop, type your administrator password on the bottom of the window, and click easy install.

Now to get rid of the annoying idlehalt (YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY)
Open (click on your hard drive icon) library/preferences/systemconfiguration . Click com.apple.boot.plist and below kernal flags (hit enter to make a new line), copy and paste this: <string>idlehalt=0</string> . It will stop the annoying idlehalt and in a moment when I tell you how to install audio your sound won’t be choppy because you did this (it also gives you the apple boot screen).
Download the AppleHDA Patcher 1.20 from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?xpijo2m4pxm
Download the TXT sound dump from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jint7yhzgzh
Drag and drop the txt onto the AppleHDA Patcher 1.20 icon. DO NOT OPEN THE PATCHER. It will prompt for password–type it in. Reboot.

Just remember, boot with –f.

You now have a perfect hackintosh!!!!