7654321 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I want to install OS X x86 on my third hard drive. I'm not sure if I could run it though. Specs: 1GHz PIII 512mb RAM 64mb NVIDIA GeForce Ti4200, Turtle Beach Montego II Sound Card (AU8830), DVD-ROM, 1GB hard drive master, (really), 20GB hard drive slave, 22GB hard drive secondary slave. 1GB=Windows Me, 20GB=Windows XP Pro, 22GB=FAT32, but I can format that since nothing is in it. That's where I'd like to install OS X x86 but I just want to know if my hardware is compatible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/26437-questions-before-installing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtm3dd Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 No is the short answer. You need a processor with at least SSE2 (SSE3 recomended). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/26437-questions-before-installing/#findComment-179300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 So far as I know, the Pentium III doesn't support SSE2 or SSE3 instructions, which happen to be required to install and run OS X. Another 512MB of Ram would be good, not sure about the video card, you will probably have some major problems with the sound card, and after all that, it all comes down to the northbridge and southbridge chips. To sum it up, sorry, it won't run on your system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/26437-questions-before-installing/#findComment-179303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
7654321 Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Aw, {censored}. Well, I have another option. I could use my other PC, and I've done OS X X86 on it before. 3GHz P4, 1GB RAM, Fx5200 so it'll work fine. But I'll have to partition, install, my dad will flip, etc. I'm thinking install MS-DOS on the third hard drive somehow... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/26437-questions-before-installing/#findComment-179378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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