I got OSX running on my PC hardware....yay!!!

[seb7]

Well i don't know if this is in the correct section or not but i'll post it here anyway.

So i got OSX running on my PC and it fucking hammers my macbook. PC specs are

Intel dualcore 2.8ghz overclocked to 3.2ghz
Abit motherboard
2gb corsair ram
2 x 17" samsung monitors although only 1 is working under OSX
NVidia 6600GT graphics card
currently only onboard audio is working though

Should be a wicked DAW. I'm heaps excited:D

[dj_stick]

how stable is it running?

[seb7]

I haven't had any problems with it yet. Gonna install a few more apps and test it out a bit and then i'm gonna try and get dual boot happening.

BTW don't go anywhere near Vista at the moment. It's terrible. Very security conscious and needs a decent machine to run well. Just some info for anyone who was thinking of upgrading.

[dj_stick]

BTW don't go anywhere near Vista at the moment. It's terrible. Very security conscious and needs a decent machine to run well. Just some info for anyone who was thinking of upgrading.

yeha i'll wait a few months, mabe upgrade first

but i found it amusing to read a blog a month or so ago when a mac user dual-booted vista and claimed it booted and responded faster on his mac pro than osx did

[seb7]

That's interesting.

I have had it running on the same hardware mentioned above and it ran well. Not as good as XP though. On my macbook it ran like shit but i think that's just because it has an integrated graphics card which is crap. I really can't stand that evertime you want to do something in Vista it asks are you sure you want to do this.

Anyway check this (http://www.apple.com/getamac/) out and watch the security vid

[seb7]

Forgot to add. It's hilarious

[steampunk]

ahaha doope i got pc running on my intel mac never thought i'd hear about it going the other way around

[seb7]

I guess i did it just to see if i could and now that i have i love it. It hammers.

[Basso]

Well Booting OSX on X86 hardware is accualy that illegal that if it went commercial Apple would get sude.. not you guys xD..
Well going to try OSX myself on the crappy HDD i got. I think it will work on my..ehh currently middrage computer :P

[dj_stick]

the new macs are x86 hardware, so how is it illegal?

i would like to try this though

[seb7]

My work gave me a new macbook and i needed more HD space so i have formatted my hackintosh. Never seen OSX run so fast in my life though. Am now running Windows Vista and i really regret upgrading (or should i say downgrading LOL) When i can be bothered i will be switching back to XP.

Anyone checked out the new imacs yet? They look sweet as:D

BTW Parallels is amazing......very ram hungry though. Well worth checking out if you want Windows running on your mac. It's awesome to be able to have both OS's running at once

[DJ PUNCHER]

Intel Pentium D (2 x 3.8 Ghz) 2MB L2 Cashe
Memory: 4 GB DDR2 667 Mhz
Motherboard Asus delux
GeForce 8800 GTS
Audio- Roland Edirol UA25
3 HDDs: 250 + 160 + 250(USB external)
700W Quiet PSU

WINDOWS XP only!!!!!!

Never install Vista...Crap!Trust me

Have 4 fans-Need more.lol.To powerfull.

[dj_stick]

haha the pentium D series were real power hungry heaters, they seem to have fixed that with the new "core" series though

[Vandall]

Well i don't know if this is in the correct section or not but i'll post it here anyway.

So i got OSX running on my PC and it fucking hammers my macbook. PC specs are

Intel dualcore 2.8ghz overclocked to 3.2ghz
Abit motherboard
2gb corsair ram
2 x 17" samsung monitors although only 1 is working under OSX
NVidia 6600GT graphics card
currently only onboard audio is working though

Should be a wicked DAW. I'm heaps excited:D


Well done...
I'm still having problems after formatting... soon as I get there its a copy of Logic 7 Pro for me ;)

Which version JaS install did you use?

[seb7]

I had to change the heat sync on my pc which is a dual core 2.8ghz. Now she idles @ 26 degrees. Crazy huh

I used JAS 10.4.8 and it installed fine. Lots to do afterwards to get everything working tho.

[N4TRO]

I have:

iMac 5.1
Intel 2 Core Duo
2 GHz
1 GB RAM

And I am running Windows XP SP2 using Boot Camp as a second drive. Works fine. Total Opposite of "Seb7".:D

[seb7]

Ye i got bootcamp on my macbook. Runs really well. I need a bigger HD though:( It's hard to figure out how much drive space to allocate to each OS.

[Vandall]

I have now finally succeeded in getting OSX running! :D :D :D

Will be buying a copy Logic Pro 7.2 as soon as I come back from my Aus tour!

[dj_stick]

got JAS 10.4.9 working
dual monitor - though only because i'm using an LCD on the DVI output - OSX can't see a CRT behind a DVI-VGA converter

wireless NIC not working, so i've ordered one that should be compatible

some how screwed up the installation of NTFS-3G, so now i can no longer mount/use NTFS drives, but no matter, i can just use windows to copy files i need across to the HFS+ drives

EDIT: system specs for those who'd like to know
Pentium 4 640 (3.2ghz)
Asus P5LD2 motherboard - All four SATA channels working, Optical drive IDE channels working, however the secondary IDE channel (for hard drives) won't work, haven't tried onboard audio, though OS X appears to pick up the built in ethernet
2 GB DDR2 Ram (dual channel)
nV 6600 256Mb GPU
MBox 2 Pro Audio Interface
320Gb HDD for WinXP
250Gb HDD for OSX
80GB HDD for audio work

[seb7]

How's it all running for you Stick? I can't believe how fast the OS runs on PC hardware. When i had mine running it shit all over my intel macbook for speed.

[dj_stick]

it's running pretty damn well, though i still need to buy logic and do have a couple of problems

OS X detects my new wireless card as native airport (same chipset as airport) but it doesn't "see" my network - where as the windows side does
also i can't get my NTFS drive to mount at all for some reason.

other than that it's running fine, pro tools, reason adapted, live lite, all running fine

[seb7]

I had to mess around in terminal to get it to see my network. The weird thing is, i apparently had no mac address after but it worked. I had to download and install some kernal extensions first though. Safari was lightning quick