rassterman Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Okay guys, so I bought my laptop (a currently stock Dell Inspiron 1501) just over a year ago, and it came pre-installed with Vista, and naturally I hated it. The drivers for the sound card were absolutely terrible right out of the box, and it was amazingly CPU and RAM intensive. So I started looking for a new OS to meet my needs, and for the last year I've been running Ubuntu. After a while though I just started getting a little bored with it, and decided to install XP on here. Only a few days later I managed to already catch a virus, and now I'm looking to install OSX for the first time. I have significant experience with linux distros now, but not much with unix based operating systems as I understand the Mac OSX to be. So here is my question... I'm going to post my system specs here, and I would absolutely LOVE it if I could get a few replies recommending which version to install. I'm leaning towards the Tiger rather than Leopard, but I honestly have no idea as to which version I should go for. So for example, a great response would be telling me to get version 10.4.8 for AMD/Intel SSE2 by Jas with a 64-bit install, and a somewhat detailed and understandable explanation of why you would recommend this. Thats just one version I've been looking, but I'm sure you all have much better insight into my situation than I do. So enough talking, here's my specs, please tell me what you think! Thanks! Current Configuration: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 System Manufacturer Dell Inc. System Model Inspiron 1501 System Type X86-based PC Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Processor x86 Family 15 Model 72 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1995 Mhz Processor x86 Family 15 Model 72 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1995 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.6.3, 12/7/2007 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB Available Physical Memory 358.57 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB I also have a 60GB (55.8) SATA HDD Let me know if you need any additional specs, thanks so much guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118449-what-would-you-recommend-for-my-specs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullionmc Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hey wats up dude , well i have the same problem. And the best solution that i find is go to http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and i check out the compatibily for my hardwhere. A good way is to use the search field, search you motherboard chipset And sorry about my english , i'm from brazil Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118449-what-would-you-recommend-for-my-specs/#findComment-839081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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