StrikeDaMic Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hey guys, I learned about the possibility to install Mac OS X Leopard about two weeks ago. Upon further research, I became really interested in installing it on my new PC (will be assembled in about two months). I am a musician and not very wealthy, thus installing a patched install is the best solution for me I plan to dual-boot Win XP Pro and Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard. The specs of my PC will be: Motherboard: Asus P5K PRO, Intel P35, Socket 775, 1333FSB RAM: Mushkin XP2-8500 2x2GB Kit, DDR2-1066, CL5 HDDs: Western Digital Caviar GP, 7200rpm (2x SATA) CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 GPU: EVGA e-GeForce 8800GT Superclocked Do you think these specs will work? Will there any additional kext's etc. be necessary? I learned that certain chipsets/manufacturers are problematic. I did some research and found out that Kalyway would probably be the best solution for me. I would reset the theme with Virginizer. Do you think I'm going to be ok with that? Any help greatly apperciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft_Punk Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 hmm as an expierenced OSx86 veteran i would say the only concern would be the mobo. let me look up LAN controller, Audio, etc... :D Found a linky:http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=95578well ther u hav it, i dont know about audio or LAN, he doesnt say if it works...but ther is no kernel panics etclooks like u hav a great plan my friend! good luck!PS - If u need help dual booting, I hav a very simple solution. PM some time, Im in the recording business as well, i use over 10 apps Windows+Mac combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeDaMic Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hm, wow, thanks for the quick reply Sounds good so far, I posted a question into that thread you offered, asking if video/ethernet etc. were all okay. Apart from that, yeah it's a neat machine, gonna cost me about 1100$ (converted from Swiss Franks), and maybe you know that Switzerland is an expensive country, so this is really really cheap - especially when you work at the country's cheapest computer component retailer and have the benefit of co-worker's discount Damn, I'd so love to have Mac OS X AND Windows XP Pro on my machine ... that'd open so many doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeDaMic Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Guys, I had a friend tell me that in order to prevent troubles with OSX on a PC, you should try to use hardware as close as possible to original Mac Hardware. Do you think it'd be a good thing to switch to an ATI GPU or do Apple also use GeForces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I'm no authority on the subject, but it always seemed to me that Nvidia cards we much easier to set up in OS X than ATI. But thats just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft_Punk Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I would agree, get the 8800GT imo. if u get the 512MB, u can rewrite/replace the PC ROM version, and give it a EFI ROM. Theres a guide somewher around the drivers section... An EFI ROM will give u better and safer upgrading capabilities with the Leopard 10.5.* that come out as time flies by. But if ur new to OSx86, dont do the EFI ROM rewrite, ITS A BAD IDEA. Period. Get some more expierence, or get someone to do it for u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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