Grant_Griffiths Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Firstly I'd like to say this is a great forum, I've seen a lot of help given to lots of people (y) Now I'd like to ask if it is possible to install a Mac OS X to my desktop pc (yes it's my first hackintosh build) and which one would be best for my build As far as I can tell I have a; Fujitsu-Siemens D2581-A5 PC This has an intel 2 core processor Q33 Chipset family And a wireless card that says something about installing on mac with a disk (so no problems with internet) Thanks in advanced to any help. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 CPU and chipset is fine for 10.5.x retail and up, but what video card does it have? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux4life Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 You could go as far as Mac OS X Lion....you could use a distro for the work or if u can buy a retail disk go with the retail methods available in the guide section.. If u have virtualbox and ur motherboard supports virtualization technology that try installing the distro or retail on the virtualbox first and then install it on ur system... Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_Griffiths Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 How will I go about finding the video card name? And would you say OS X 10.5.x is descent? Also which distros can work straight off burned to a disk (or 2) sorry for the nooby questions I just want to get all bases covered before I do the work Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux4life Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 U can run 10.7 (-.-) and lion distro i dont think it exists...u could install 10.6 using numerous distro's out here...try it.. or check youtube for installing Snow Leopard on core 2 duo processor and u might get some help...with installing snow leopard...after u have snow leopard u can uprade it using retail methods.. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_Griffiths Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 So will the iATKOS L2 method with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] not work to get straight to lion? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux4life Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 yes u can use iAtkos L2 i totally forgot about it... yeah u can use it it'll work! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_Griffiths Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Awesome thanks so much I'll get to it Won't boot from disc :/ Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux4life Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 You tried burning it from windows? ...... Use win32diskimager Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_Griffiths Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Ok thanks I'll download that Does this have to be done on USB? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux4life Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 You can do it on USB on disc... Is your wish i prefer USB... Saves money and time Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297934-would-appreciate-some-help/#findComment-2018694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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