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24-08-2008, 05:42 PM
Dentafrice

Mac on PC

I've seen a few people here and there with that.. I was thinking of putting it on mine.

Wondering what version my computer would support:

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Hyperthreading (3.7GHz)
Memory: 512MB DDR
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce FX5600
Sound: Soundblaster Pro MPU-401

(Dell Dimension 8300)

Anyone have an idea what version to use, and any instructions?
24-08-2008, 05:44 PM
darkchicken101

Mac on Windows or Mac on PC?
24-08-2008, 05:45 PM
Dentafrice

I meant PC, orginally with Windows ;P Been a long day.
24-08-2008, 05:46 PM
Jamesy

with those specs I would go for a tiger version, as leopard works best with SSE3 and I'm not sure whether pentium 4 can do that.

osX86 is what you need to search for, guides for many things.
24-08-2008, 05:49 PM
Dentafrice

Thanks! :) I'll look that up, btw my architecture is 32bit.
24-08-2008, 06:07 PM
Recursion

32bit is fine, just make sure you have SSE2 at least. SSE3 recommended.

http://www.osx86project.org/ <--- Both links are extremely useful, especially the forum.

I would go for Tiger on that spec :)
24-08-2008, 06:08 PM
Dentafrice

Wondering if I want to just remove XP all together, or dual boot Mac/XP.. any recommendations?
24-08-2008, 06:10 PM
Recursion

I think its easiest to use the XP bootloader, you would have to mess around with a darwin or GRUB loader without XP.

I've had no problems with Vista and OS X :)
24-08-2008, 06:11 PM
Stepheen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentafrice

Wondering if I want to just remove XP all together, or dual boot Mac/XP.. any recommendations?

Do you need XP? Is it doing something for you that a mac can't?
If both answers are no, then NAHH, you don't need XP. I have osx86 tiger on my desktop, suppose it's OK.
24-08-2008, 06:12 PM
Dentafrice

Hmm, thing is, I use XP for importing photos to my computer from my memory card reader (external), and I'm not sure if it will work with Mac.
24-08-2008, 06:13 PM
Recursion

It will work on OSX :P
24-08-2008, 06:16 PM
Dentafrice

Hmm, not sure if I want to venture with it.. I've heard Mac is really good.. but is Tiger any good?
24-08-2008, 06:17 PM
Recursion

I would say that as good as Tiger is, Leopard is far far far better.
24-08-2008, 06:19 PM
Dentafrice

I wish Leopard would run.. decently.. on mine.
24-08-2008, 06:20 PM
Recursion

You knever know till you try it tbh
24-08-2008, 08:31 PM
Josh-H

Leopard really is so much infront of Tiger. Imo, just try leopard first :)
24-08-2008, 09:01 PM
blanky12!

You can run Leopard on that.
24-08-2008, 09:02 PM
Dentafrice

Decently? Meaning not lagging and slow..
24-08-2008, 09:04 PM
blanky12!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentafrice

Decently? Meaning not lagging and slow..

it might lag.. but leopard doesn't require that much to run..

* 512MB memory
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of free disk space
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider, fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s .Mac service, fees apply.

It dosen't state processor... so I'm guessing you're gonna be fine :)
24-08-2008, 09:04 PM
Lubricant

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.p...pic=77069&st=0

That's for 512MB. So may work. I'm currently downloading the ISO. No idea what I'm doing though lol xD
24-08-2008, 09:09 PM
Leetzgirl

It a nightmare so far for me!

I gonna do it tommrow woo woo xD
24-08-2008, 09:12 PM
Lubricant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jak-ish

It a nightmare so far for me!

I gonna do it tommrow woo woo xD

Oh no don't scare me ;[.

I know someone who's done so hopefully he comes on sometime and help me lol. Rapidshare is going mega slow for some reason so these 33 x 98MB files gonna take ages lol
24-08-2008, 09:19 PM
Dentafrice

I'll just torrent it, and burn the ISO.

Hopefully it goes successful, I still need to backup all my photos and media to my home server.

Wish me luck ^_^.
24-08-2008, 09:20 PM
blanky12!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentafrice

I'll just torrent it, and burn the ISO.

Hopefully it goes successful, I still need to backup all my photos and media to my home server.

Wish me luck ^_^.

just buy a mac, it's so much easier..
24-08-2008, 09:22 PM
Leetzgirl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lubricant

Oh no don't scare me ;[.

I know someone who's done so hopefully he comes on sometime and help me lol. Rapidshare is going mega slow for some reason so these 33 x 98MB files gonna take ages lol

That why i'm doing it tommrow :P. rapidshare seemed to cut my speed in half :@
24-08-2008, 09:22 PM
Dentafrice

Yeah, don't have that much to spend at the moment though.
24-08-2008, 09:25 PM
blanky12!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentafrice

Yeah, don't have that much to spend at the moment though.

oh right, lol
24-08-2008, 09:32 PM
Lubricant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentafrice

I'll just torrent it, and burn the ISO.

Hopefully it goes successful, I still need to backup all my photos and media to my home server.

Wish me luck ^_^.

Is that all we do? Burn the ISO and run? -crossesfingers
24-08-2008, 09:34 PM
Dentafrice

Well it depends, I'm just burning the ISO to a DVD, and just hoping that the installer will format my hard disk. It will be backed up, so it's all good.

Shouldn't be harder then a linux install, I have a feeling they go the same way.
24-08-2008, 09:37 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by blanky12!

just buy a mac, it's so much easier..

I saved my self £300 and its just like a real Mac, but I shall still be supporting Apple and buying a Mac sometime.
24-08-2008, 09:37 PM
Leetzgirl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tawm

I saved my self £300 and its just like a real Mac, but I shall still be supporting Apple and buying a Mac sometime.

Lmao, yeh if you dont get problems with it :rolleyes::P
24-08-2008, 09:42 PM
Recursion

The only problems I had is cos I fail at OS X! :P
24-08-2008, 09:42 PM
Lubricant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tawm

I saved my self £300 and its just like a real Mac, but I shall still be supporting Apple and buying a Mac sometime.

That's what I'm gonna do. Saving up for MacBook atm. Just wanna see what it's like. I'm just completely fed up with Vista and don't have an XP disc.

w00t. Rapidshare is d/l at 250KB/s. I usually get 700KB/s but was better than the 30KB/s I was getting 30 minutes ago lol
26-08-2008, 12:23 AM
golfgti

I've always wanted to put mac on my pc, but what are the minimum specs? (I want to dual boot)
26-08-2008, 05:21 PM
Jamesy

I believe for leopard it's around 6-7 GB (depending on version) for the actual OS. 512mb ram and a sse3 intel core processer is best.

Leopard is the only one that can support 8XXX series nvidia cards. Not sure about ATI, don't really care from my point of view :P