rebecca! Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Unable to justify putting down $2k for an Apple laptop, I decided that this will have to wait and ordered some parts to build a new PC. I'm currently running Ubuntu exclusively and this is what I planned on using when I bought the parts 10 hours ago. Giving it some thought, I believe that the hackintosh scene has went far along that I can use OS X as my primary OS. Stability is VERY important to me. My computer is on forever (literally), and runs numerous servers, and I use it for work (development), for which I really just need a browser and vim. So.. Is it practical for me to run OS X as my PRIMARY OS on these specs? Here are the parts I ordered along with price if anyone is interested. CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9850 AM2+ ($147 + free shipping) RAM: 8GB of OCZ DDR2 800 RAM ($20 bucks after rebate*) MB : Asus M3A78 ($80) These are the only parts I ordered, I will be using my old PC parts to complete the rig. 500w PSU, geforce 6600GT (overclocked), some WD SATA HDs, and a wifi card with an atheros chipset. * Yesterday RAM was $10 for 4GB OCZ. Best RAM deal I've ever seen. It was limited to 1 per household so I got my friend to order me another pair. It went up to $25 after rebate, but that's still really good IMO. Also, I know that OSX is 32bit, so I'm assuming only 4gb will be recognized.. ? Is there any way around this? Thanks!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143156-2-questions-i-just-bought-these-without-thinking-about-running-os-x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
realityiswhere Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Sorry but, I laughed when you said stability is very important and you were buying a Phenom. AMDs may have come a long way in OSx86, there's no arguing with that, but they're not the epitome of stability. Also: OS X is not only 32-bit, the kernel is i386 but supports 64-bit extensions, so it supports more than 4GB of RAM, otherwise what would be the point of Apple selling Mac Pros with 32GB of RAM? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143156-2-questions-i-just-bought-these-without-thinking-about-running-os-x/#findComment-1016072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebecca! Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 So... I take that as a NO, I should be weary of running osx as my primary os on these specs? I really wanted to go Intel but the phenom is cheap for its power. I couldn't fit Intel parts within my budget, and the PC is only temporary for a few months. You're right about the Mac Pro. That slipped my mind. I don't keep up with the Apple scene, but I believe the new MB Pro only supports 4 gigs of RAM .. is that true? if so, how come and is there any way around it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143156-2-questions-i-just-bought-these-without-thinking-about-running-os-x/#findComment-1016315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebecca! Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 k, I ended up canceling the AMD order and went with a P45-D3SL and Q6600. It's around $40 more and the AMD setup was probably more future-proof, but that's OK. Thanks for your reply, this issue is now resolved. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143156-2-questions-i-just-bought-these-without-thinking-about-running-os-x/#findComment-1016476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 They fixed the TLB problem with the phenoms. Any of the phenoms that have the 9x50 are fixed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/143156-2-questions-i-just-bought-these-without-thinking-about-running-os-x/#findComment-1016783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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