

Otherwise, both are good, stable machines. 4440s requires 3rd party App to "wake" web cam for Apple Apps. I would recommend 4540s over 4440s as it seem to have better (quiet) DVD drive and web cam works in Photo Booth and Face Time. The discrepancy is in version of the web cam: 4540s has version: 57.s has version: 57.51 May be I found a way to fix the video quality issue, but the price to pay is the need to "wake" camera before Apple app could use it. But the video quality seems way better on 4440s. I am not sure about why web cam on 4440s acts differently, but it might be because of I changed web cam settings to HD in Windows Web Cam App. Both are using the same web cam hardware, but 4440s requires 3rd party App to "wake" web cam for Apple Apps. Atheros AR9280 and it is available locally.

After this it seems to work ok until next reboot. I have to Toggle WiFi On/Off to get it to connect very first time (it seems ok on 2.4GHz). Based on my experiences (5GHz band) I would recommend BCM94322HM8L.Ītheros AR9280 in addition to "unknown locale: 69" errors in console (unpatched EEPROM), it is very slow during boot and may fail to connect initially.

Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
