nv17 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Hello guys! Can I ask something to this wonderful community ?? I want to assemble a PC for my sister, because her PoweMac G3 is hanging a lot in the last few weeks. Of course, she want a mac os X's machine, eh eh The question is: is there a configuration that works without patching nothing? I want to insert kaliway'dvd, start installation, reboot the machine and start working with it. With no matters of sort, like a "real" apple computer The performance aren't important, because she will only surf the web, listen music with iTunes and watch 10 megapixel's photoes. Thanks for your answer, and sorry for my poor english Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrpunk Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 A used g4 might do it. As for building new, you could get a cheap board with a p45 chipset, a cheap core2duo, 2gb ram, sata dvd, sata 250gb western digital drive and a very cheap graphics card (nvidia or ati). I hate to refer to another site but check tomshardware out for their 500 dollar gaming pc. Surprisingly, it will probably fit your needs, you will have to do stuff to get drivers working in osx no matter what, period. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/#findComment-715083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 nv17 please stop cross-posting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/#findComment-715086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I second what both nvpunk and hagar write.. You will always have to tweak something to make a system work properly, and you never know if the next release will completely break or not. Since the computer is not going to be for you, and thus you won't be able to babysit it 24/7 in case she breaks something I'd suggest go hunt ebay for an older g4 mini. I just picked up a 17" imac g4 (iLamp) for 425 from ebay and it runs leopard like a champ.. gave it to my grandmother. Unless you're going to be around the hackintosh 24/7, don't assemble one. If you still want to forge ahead, i'd suggest what nvpunk wrote - get yourself a 945gc based motherboard and check out the forums for the tweaks you have to do to get them to run if you want a fairly assembled system I can reccomend the Shuttle XPC SD30G2B which is about 180 at newegg and is a great foundation to build a highly compatible hack. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/#findComment-715564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nv17 Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thanks for your answers guys. I'm sorry for cross-posting, but i didn't know where to post this question. I understood that the best way is to buy an older g4 to avoid problems. I'm a little afraid of the performance with Leopard, but a mini g4 1,25 ghz would handle the situation For hackintosh there isn't yet an ideal situation, because i have tried to install kalyway into my Core 2 duo with p5k and 8800gts, and i am not successful to avoid many kernel panic Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/#findComment-719343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTL Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Thanks for your answers guys. I'm sorry for cross-posting, but i didn't know where to post this question. I understood that the best way is to buy an older g4 to avoid problems. I'm a little afraid of the performance with Leopard, but a mini g4 1,25 ghz would handle the situation For hackintosh there isn't yet an ideal situation, because i have tried to install kalyway into my Core 2 duo with p5k and 8800gts, and i am not successful to avoid many kernel panic then there is something wrong with the way your installing... you should create your own custom file package Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100207-the-cheapest-and-most-out-of-the-box-configuration-for-leopard-kaliway-1051/#findComment-723470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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