Ant

Got my hands on a second Hand pc and I want to put osx on

Wondering if it will do it with my spec

2.6 core2duo
Nvidea 8800gts
8gb ram

What beat hackintosh release will work or will my osx install disc work?

boxst

The easiest way to get OSX to work is to download a pre-configured VMWare instance. I have an SVP one that boots with Darwin and then runs.

I gave up getting it to install directly as all the drivers etc.. were a nightmare.

(and shows you what a great job Microsoft does supporting so much hardware)

Ant

Where can I find these pre configured vmwares?

Markus

Interested to know how much effort this actually is. It's been a while since I looked but previously you have to have very specific hardware, go hunting for drivers, and could not run the very latest updates, and if you happened to accidentally run software update, it'd break.

One saving grace could be that OS X Server, certainly Leopard and Snow Leopard, can be legitimately run via a VM, so, all you need is the iso/dmg and boot up a VM. Not sure if it is possible to setup a machine so it's only running VMware and this booted OS, something like a virtualized server. Could be one way of doing it.

I understand the flexibility of using non Apple hardware, but as previously said, the effort required to get OS X running does make me wonder if it would be far simpler to spend the extra on Apple hardware and run Windows / *nix as a dual/triple/whatever boot type system.

I am also very curious in regards to wether Lion can be virtualized in the same way as prior OS versions as there isn't going to be a dedicated server version, the server portion will just be apps that run on top of Lion. This does make sense, as OS X Server isn't terribly different to the normal client. You can setup an OS X server to have the majority of the server side things disabled, and I did run a setup like that for a while. It allowed me to turn certain things on / off very easily but still run a normal like desktop. Did seem odd running Photoshop on a serve based os though

Ant

Well I have a MacBook pro , I'd prefer to still have a windows machine.

The hackintosh thing is just my curiosity to get it working on a intel machine

jura11

iTrader: (7)

Really depends which one you want OSX,if you want run Vmware image you can easily download from tor... and install Virtual Box.

if you have Original disc OSX(from your Macbook) you can also install without the problem(problem will be if you have unsupported Motherboard or component),but you will need kext(for GPU,MB,LAN etc.),which are easily available on hackintosh forums or you can have look if its your motherboard is supported on this website http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

For booting Original OSX DVD you will need Boot CD like iBoot which you can download from this website http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/ or EasyEFI is also good(i'm using this)..

On Internet is few good guides how to do...

Good luck




Jura

Ant

Yup I have my original osx disc, I'll give them links a look over

dunx

iTrader: (3)

i7 960 @ 4 GHz + 6 Gb RAM + 1 TB HDD + SSD + GTX 460 + optical drive < £1K
quad core @ 2.8 GHz + 3 GB RAM + 1 TB HDD + 5770 + optical drive = £2K

That's quite a premium, IMHO.

dunx

P.S. I did consider adding a mac-mini to my collection but it's far too weak to cope with BOINC GPU apps.

jura11

iTrader: (7)

Install on your PC OSX and will perform in some cases much better than Mac Pro.


Jura

ChefDude

with the same components, like for like ram, cpu/clock, gpu/clock, etc? what stuff is faster then?

dunx

iTrader: (3)

I'm too old to enjoy beating my head against a wall...

dunx

ChefDude

i simply meant intel macs are, these days, just PCs with a TPM chip on the mobo. Apple order such large quantities they can have whatever shape mobo they want, but it's still all intel chipsets, ATI/Nvidia, etc. I can't see where a hackintosh is faster for the same spec.

jura11

iTrader: (7)

I've run some tests few months back,but Mac Pro i've run on stock speeds,Hackitosh i7-920 i've run on stock speeds and overclocked to 4.4GHz.

At stock speed i7-920 has been on par with Mac Pro(just slightly problems with Hackintosh has been slower start up like Mac pro,in Xbench has been faster i7-920,in Open GL/Quartz i7-920 has been faster).

But after overclocking i7-920 to 4.4GHz Hackintosh is without the compromise faster than Mac pro in any application.




Jura

ChefDude

Running your i7 at 4.4Ghz doesn't really give anyone a chance now, does it ?

Ant

well had a bit of time on my hands tonight and i've got a full working osx install on my pc all working ok and dual booting with w7 and upto date 10.6.8

dunx

iTrader: (3)

Cool ! I'm having a day off on Tuesday, may risk a go on one of mine...

dunx

bigsinky

nope it doesn't . on air as well