callum_s Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) Hey, i have just purchased a compaq SFF off ebay, it has an INTEL CELERON 700MHz processor, 6 USB slots and 512MB ram and a Intel 82815 815 motherboard....what will i have to do to get OS working on it? any help is appreciated! Callum. Edited January 24, 2007 by callum_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 That computer can't run OS X. I suppose you could run Windows or Linux on it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum_s Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 what would i have to do to make it run OS? get a new motherboard or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 what would i have to do to make it run OS? get a new motherboard or something?? Yes, it would take a new motherboard, processor and ram. Also, chances are that will be a proprietary form factor and you will have little chance finding a motherboard for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum_s Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) what processor and motherboard are needed to run OS at the minimum requirements?and how much RAM is needed to run OS efficiently? thanks, callum. Edited January 24, 2007 by callum_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsquash Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) To run OS X you need a processor which supports SSE2 instructions - which means you need at least a Pentium 4 or AMD64 processor. You'll need to get a new motherboard for the new processor, and because of the new motherboard, it's very likely that you're going to need new RAM. With those many 'upgrades' it should be considered a completely new computer - so, unfortunately, you're not going to get very far with your existing setup. Sorry. Edit: The minimum amount of RAM for OS X is 256MB Edited January 25, 2007 by captainsquash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum_s Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 (edited) what would be the best combination of motherboard with the pentium 4 then? would a 1.7 Ghz processor be enough? also is this sdram ddr ram or rddr ram ? Callum. Edited January 25, 2007 by callum_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsquash Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 1.7GHz would be be okay - any ram you put in a P4-ready motherboard (provided it is supported by the motherboard) should be fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum_s Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) thanks...theres obviously no way of putting a mac processor in an intel motherboard though? Callum. Edited January 27, 2007 by callum_s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainsquash Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 The new macs use the intel core 2 duo processor, so there is no 'mac' processor at this point. As for powerpc processors, there is no way for those to work with an intel motherboard, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum_s Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 ok thats great , thanks...so i get a p4 ready motherboard, intel p4 processor 256MB of ram and i should be fine. callum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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