Pixelation Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Okay, I looked around and couldn't find any noticable topics over this. I have an Acer TravelMate 220. Yeah, it's a POC. No WiFi network, No DVD drive, infact it's just a basic CD drive, doesn't even burn a CD. It has a 1.13GHz Intel Celeron, 20GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, and I'm sure it has 16MB Video. Now, first of is it even possable to run OSX on this machine? Secondly, since it doesn't have a DVD drive, is there anyway possable to instal OSX over a network? I haven't checked the BIOS yet, but I'll look for an option to boot from a network drive, though I doubt it'll be there. In the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdwl Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 To run os x you need SSE2 and PAE - run cpuid and see if you celeron meets those req's and you might have a chance. As for network install - OS X doesn't support this - but it does support many other install methods. On a real mac you can do 'target disc' mode over firewire - but clearly that won't work for you. Best options would be vmware to native or pulling the hard disk - installing in a usb external case on another machine and then reinstalling - that'll work great (OSX can be moved from machine to machine w/o reinstalls). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I think Celerons dont even have SSE, but correct me if I'm wrong. There's no way to install over a network. I've tried using my iBook that doesn't have a DVD drive when Tiger came out. I finally gave up and got the CD version. Since there is no CD version for OSx86, you're out of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 my celeron m does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 my celeron m does I know that. I used to have a Celeron M laptop with OSx86. I'm talking about the Celeron. Just the Celeron. See here: We're talking about this: not this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New001 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 [...] We're talking about this: [...] Yes. That's the logo my dell Dimension 2400 had, the CPU was a 2.4GHz Celeron with SSE2 only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yeah, my celeron in one of my other boxes does not have SSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippin Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Can I install Mac OS 10.4.6 on this machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adurbe Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 You can perform network installs under OSX http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ser...intools104.html within these tools is System Image Utility "For creating, modifying and managing NetBoot and Network Install disk images" its a bit of a faff, unless your talking under the same subnet :-) [edit] spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yes. That's the logo my dell Dimension 2400 had, the CPU was a 2.4GHz Celeron with SSE2 only. My dad has a 500 MHz Celeron and it doesn't even have SSE. That's what I was thinking about when I said Celeron. You can perform network installs under OSX http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ser...intools104.html within these tools is System Image Utility "For creating, modifying and managing NetBoot and Network Install disk images" its a bit of a faff, unless your talking under the same subnet :-) [edit] spelling Good luck getting NetBoot to work on a Hackintosh. I doubt that it will work because it doesn't have Apple's firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 some newer celerons have sse2 cuz i was fixing a computer for my neighbor and i opened up cpu-z on it and sse2 popped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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