avenger Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 hey im new to this forums and mac os also........im really impressed by the desktop and wanted to install on my pc im yet to get my new pc... i would like to know what motherboard i have to buy so that i can run mac peacefully(without buying any other aditional things)...... im planning to buy amd athlon x2 3800+ processor.....i heard that mac supports amd too ; is it true???.....i dont want to buy ppc because it is costly and i dont think its available here.... and one more thing..... is mac leapord coming out for x86 machines??......heard that apple is going to release an x86 version toooo..... when will leopard be probably coming out??? how much it will be?? .......i live in india. so plz tell in indian currency........where can i get it??? thanx in advance.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 plz someone reply...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-209731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 hey im new to this forums and mac os also........im really impressed by the desktop and wanted to install on my pc im yet to get my new pc... i would like to know what motherboard i have to buy so that i can run mac peacefully(without buying any other aditional things)...... im planning to buy amd athlon x2 3800+ processor.....i heard that mac supports amd too ; is it true???.....i dont want to buy ppc because it is costly and i dont think its available here.... and one more thing..... is mac leapord coming out for x86 machines??......heard that apple is going to release an x86 version toooo..... when will leopard be probably coming out??? how much it will be?? .......i live in india. so plz tell in indian currency........where can i get it??? thanx in advance.. First of all, AMD X2 doesn't work properly. you will need to disable one of the cores. I recommend that you get a Core 2 Duo. As for the motherboard, the best so far is the intel 945 because it has full graphics support GMA950 , sound output, and networing working. (only for intel processors). You should check The wiki to get more info about supported for hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-209747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
equilibriumuk Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 It depends on what you will use the pc for. I just built a core2duo system for triple booting (win,linux,mac) and gaming. (spec with links to the patches I needed are in my sig) If you're not interested in gaming the i945 would be a good choice tho I guess as it seems to have good support (don't the mac mini's run on i945?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-209901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondergod Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 also the 975 is a good chipset to run...if you want a high end machine... the 965 sucks because ide does not work.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-210134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 i wanted to tripleboot just as ur doing equilibriumuk..... ye im intrested in games.....and thats why i wanted to take amd and asus motherboard as it comes with inbuilt nvidia graphics card................ but looks like i have to change to intel and what about leopard for x86 machines......is it going to be release ???? ....if so i will wait for it...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-210377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i wanted to tripleboot just as ur doing equilibriumuk.....ye im intrested in games.....and thats why i wanted to take amd and asus motherboard as it comes with inbuilt nvidia graphics card................ but looks like i have to change to intel and what about leopard for x86 machines......is it going to be release ???? ....if so i will wait for it...... I think you need to understand that osX86 is a HACKED version of mac osX. Apple makes osX specifically for their machines and is unlikely to "release" a version that will run on run-of-the-mill PC parts (in fact they will probably try damn hard to stop that happening). Someone might hack it, maybe, hopefully, or maybe not... Apple has moved away from PPC and ALL of their new machines are Intel based and can dual boot. SO, if Leopard is really important to you; get a real mac, otherwise you are setting yourself up to be disappointed. P.S. Built in video cards tend to be craptastic Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-210447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 hmmm......so apple still are not going to release any version for x86..... and ye i was browsing through the hardware compatibility list and i found that mac runs fine on amd x2 4400...where as on 3800 its not..... is it true??...does mac recognizes amd x2 4400 as two processors???.....do i still have to disable a core if i have 4400 processor??? and is there anyone who is going to fix these problems with amd in future???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-210662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 is there anyone who installed mac on amd x2 3800+............ i want some help my friend has this processor and want to install mac...... has anyone able to get the two cores working? i have the 10.4.7. jas dvd......... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30187-help-needed-before-buying-a-new-pc/#findComment-211281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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