emon878 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 So I am looking around to get a PC for around $500 and trying to get the closest thing that will run osx out of the box. This is the best one I think I have found so far. CybertronPC Essential IDE2200 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.20GHz Processor Intel BLKDG31PR Motherboard with Intel G31 & ICH7 Integrated Intel GMA X3100 2048 MB (2GB) DDR2 800MHz PC6400 Memory 250GB 7,200 RPM SATA2 Hard Drive 20X SATA Dual Layer DVD±RW Drive 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Interface Onboard Video Graphics So what does everyone think of this system? Or if anyone has any other suggestions for a system around the same price $500 CAD, $400 USD give or take a $100. Thanks a lot for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0rk007hck Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 So I am looking around to get a PC for around $500 and trying to get the closest thing thatwill run osx out of the box. This is the best one I think I have found so far. CybertronPC Essential IDE2200 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.20GHz Processor Intel BLKDG31PR Motherboard with Intel G31 & ICH7 Integrated Intel GMA X3100 2048 MB (2GB) DDR2 800MHz PC6400 Memory 250GB 7,200 RPM SATA2 Hard Drive 20X SATA Dual Layer DVD±RW Drive 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Interface Onboard Video Graphics So what does everyone think of this system? Or if anyone has any other suggestions for a system around the same price $500 CAD, $400 USD give or take a $100. Thanks a lot for the help. Should work, but your GMA X3100 card can be sometimes really slow. Look at this topic: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=99136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell8793 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Should work, but your GMA X3100 card can be sometimes really slow. Look at this topic: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=99136 c0rk007hck is right, i have the integrated GMA 3100 running iDeneb v1.4 10.5.6 and am yet to find a resolution fix for this graphics card unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanquef Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Will this one work? i'm trying to make a post but the system reset my post will these hardware work? this is not for a system recommendation, its my actual laptop, so basically i need to know if it works or not, or if there is a workaround HP Pavilion dv4t Entertainment PC - Intel® Core2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.4 GHz) - 14.1" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800) - 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) - 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS - 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection - Webcam + Fingerprint Reader - HP Color Matching Keyboard - Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card with Bluetooth - Integrated 56K Modem - Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer - HP Integrated HDTV Hybrid Tuner thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emon878 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Thanks, I think I am going to use my old ATI Radeon 7500. Also anyone have any experience with the E2200 2.20GHz? Also if anyone else has any suggestions for a good prebuilt computer that would work that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emon878 Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 After hours of shopping around I have decided on the Dell Inspiron 530 - http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config...I530_FS_CH53FS8 CPU - Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB) GPU - Integrated GMA 3100 (ill upgrade later) MOBO - They said they don't know other than the chipset is G33/ICH9R SOUND - Intergrated (Again not sure probably ALC888) RAM - 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs HD - 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ DVD - 16X DVD+/-RW Drive Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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