Mac OS X on a PC

[Xarea]

Anyone have any decent guides? I can sure get a copy off a torrent somewhere, i'm just fed up with Windows, and can't seem to afford a tin of beans right now, let alone a Mac.

[Klydo]

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/01/18/PearPC.html

Don't know if that helps or what. However there is a guy to entirely convert your computer from Windows to Mac OS called the Hackintosh.

[Xarea]

I tried, but it doesn't seem to work - I get so far, then get:


GenuineIntel
CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 = 0x00300003
[CPU/MMU] new pagetable: sdr1 accepted
[CPU/MMU] number of pages: 2^15 pagetable_start: 0x00300000 size: 2^18
start: 512
start: 32768
getStartBlock: 0 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 1 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 2 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 3 Apple_Free
start: 495616
getStartBlock: 0 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 1 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 2 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 3 Apple_HFS
start: 404717568
getStartBlock: 0 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 1 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 2 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 3 Apple_Free
getStartBlock: 0 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 1 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 2 Apple_HFS
getStartBlock: 3 Apple_HFS
cannot find boot file.I guess it's the image i'm using - I can't seem to find a decent copy - thanks though, Greg.

Anyone else have ideas?

Anyone who can make it work will find themselves with a month of VIP :)

[Jericho]

I seriousley reccomed signing up to forum.insanelymac.com/ and read up on OSx86 (AKA. Hackintosh) They are the official forum.. or one of. There is lots of guides on they're sister site, here.http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

(EDIT - BTW, its a 10.5.2 or 10.5.1 guide you want, they are Leopard, and I will find you a even better guide in a bit, my mate recently installed OSx86 and he has a good guide, shall get it for you ASAP.)

Thanks.

[Jamesy]

I tried, but it doesn't seem to work - I get so far, then get:

I guess it's the image i'm using - I can't seem to find a decent copy - thanks though, Greg.

Anyone else have ideas?

Anyone who can make it work will find themselves with a month of VIP :)

What was the name of what you downloaded. What are your hardware specs too.

Oh and personally if you want the most reliable go for JaS 10.4.8, i've successfully installed that on my rig. But don't look for it to replace windows, as hackintoshes can be very unstable.

[Xarea]

I've been trying to follow this guide:

http://willjfergus.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/a-detailed-guide-on-installing-osx-on-my-pc/

I can't seem to find a good .iso image. I have SSE2 and 3, and i'm on an Intel PC. Could anyone possibly help me out, please?

A month of VIP for anyone who can find me a .iso that works! Oh, and if anyone really needs to know my spec, or whatever:


Processor 1
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium D 915
Codename Presler
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 2h)
CPUID F.6.4
Extended CPUID F.6
Core Stepping C1
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2793.0 MHz (14.0 x 199.5 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 798.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 2 x 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 2 x 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 14.0x - 14.0x
VID range 1.116 V - 1.244 V
Features XD

[Jamesy]

basically you have to use a cracked kernel for pentium D. Vanilla only works for core2 processors.

try this for OSX Leopard. http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4122511/Kalyway_Leopard_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd

[Kieran]

I have MacOSX currently on my laptop. It wasnt worth the hassle getting all the drivers working correctly

[Xarea]

basically you have to use a cracked kernel for pentium D. Vanilla only works for core2 processors.

try this for OSX Leopard. http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4122511/Kalyway_Leopard_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd

Thanks - i'll download that through the night and give it a shot tommorow :)..

Edit: No seeds, pah :(.

[Jamesy]

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