Nex7er Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 (edited) Hello, I'm new in town. I recently bought a computer with Windows XP, and now I want to try to run OS X on the machine. My only concern is that some components may or may not be compatible and will cause problems. I currently only have 2 DVD-R's left, so I'd like to not mess up the install on both of them. Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2 2048MB 2x1gb Asus P5B DLX/WIFI-AP, P965, Socket-775 XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640MB Samsung SpinPoint P120 250GB 7200RPM SATA2 These are good hardware specs, but that still doesn't ensure me a 100% working OS. I've searched around the net for any information about the compatibility of this hardware, but I have yet to find anything. So, in the end, I decided to sign up on this fine forum and ask for help, and maybe in the future, help someone with the same questions I have. I'm really eager to try OS X without running it through VMWare inside XP, so I hope there are some help to be gotten here. Edited March 5, 2007 by Nex7er Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44267-a-question-about-my-hardware-and-its-compatibility-with-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs2388 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Don't worry about vmware... just burn the ISO and boot from it, the install will be a hell of a lot faster that way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44267-a-question-about-my-hardware-and-its-compatibility-with-osx86/#findComment-316853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) Unfortunately, I have a GTS too. They don't have acceleration under OS X but you can still run them in VESA mode. The 965 chipset can be a royal pain under OS X too. There are some good threads on 965 boards around here. Basically, you either need a SATA DVD drive, VMWare, or a special IDE->SATA converter to get it to recognize your DVD drive. Edited March 12, 2007 by EtherealRemnant Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44267-a-question-about-my-hardware-and-its-compatibility-with-osx86/#findComment-321818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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