NarcoticBlue Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hello guys im here to ask whether my hardware is able to handle mac osx. this is my hardware. Cpu: Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0ghz LGA 775 (EMT64 bit SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and MMX) Mainboard: MSI Neo-V 915pl (intel 915pl and intel ich6 chipsets) Memory: 1gb (2x 512mb) Kingmax DDR400 Hard Drive(External): External usb hard drive 20gb Hard Drive(Internal): Seagate Baracuda 80gb IDE and Western Digital Cavier 300gb SATA but i dont want to use either of these drives Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600 256mb PCI-Express Sound Card: AC97 onboard Mouse: Logitech MX510 Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard PS/2 i was thinking whether JaS mac os 10.4.6 would be the best choice for my hardware. would i be able to install it on my external 20gb usb hard drive? my bios has full support to boot from a usb device. and would i have to apply patches, fixes or drivers to get it fully functioning? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grav3Mind Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hey there, your computer seems to be fine for this other than the usb hard drive(and i only say this because i dont know if the usb hard drive will work). you will need to find a fix for the Nvidia graphics card to get full acceleration but it does exist and works quite well. good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/#findComment-276960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarcoticBlue Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 oh i see.. i really dont feel comfortable dual booting with windows on the same drive it all seems so confusing. even th installation process will be i really have no clue what to do once i get that image. well thats great news my hardware is compatable. my usb host controllers are be intel thats some info i forgot to add. And the harddrive is a toshiba model number: MK2018GAO. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/#findComment-276962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyZ Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 hi there, you may consider dividing your 300GB SATA into 2 partitions, say, 80G+220G, then 80G for OSX, and 220G for data (FAT32). Now you can put XP into the 80G IDE, and you have a dual OS sytem controlled by BIOS (choose which OS/HDD to boot when system boot up)~~~ USB HDD as a system drive is simply to slooooooooow to use....... Also, JaS 10.4.8 should be your best bet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/#findComment-276976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grav3Mind Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 hi there, you may consider dividing your 300GB SATA into 2 partitions, say, 80G+220G, then 80G for OSX, and 220G for data (FAT32). Now you can put XP into the 80G IDE, and you have a dual OS sytem controlled by BIOS (choose which OS/HDD to boot when system boot up)~~~ USB HDD as a system drive is simply to slooooooooow to use....... Also, JaS 10.4.8 should be your best bet. yes but is a usb drive compatible with 10.4.8? i think he still wants to know Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/#findComment-276978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarcoticBlue Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) my 300gb sata is already partitioned into 3 parts 2 of which already have data on them. And one of them partitions are empty that partition is 36gb. but im a bit worried that along teh installation the whole drive will get formatted. and uh oh im 40% on getting jaS 10.4.6 :S yikes. EDIT: hey can i just install with jaS 10.4.6 and update to 10.4.8? and i am still very concerned about my sata drive being formatted if i choose to install on it. But hey you can get a Note book 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adaptor and use it, wouldn't that solve the lag? and will it be possible to? Edited January 16, 2007 by NarcoticBlue Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38856-just-wondering/#findComment-276982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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