Herb Trevathan Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I bought a mac book and was so pleased I bought an iMac. My old windows machine is just a network attached storage tank with all of my old IDE hard drives stacked in it. It has impressive hardware it is just an xp pro machine I used for graphic and web design. How do I install my copies of OSX on it and make it a Mac? I have both sets of disks that came with the new macbook and the iMac. I don't need it to work. I just might actually use it if it were an OSX machine...it has useful burners and I/O ports for storage media. Thank You in advance -Herb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 How do I install my copies of OSX on it and make it a Mac? I have both sets of disks that came with the new macbook and the iMac. no way. you must to download Hackintos OS (mac os for pc machines) .... ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Where do I go to purchase or download Hackintos?I guess I am just confused as to whether it is shareware, freeware, GNU or what the deal is.for a windows machine it would be like being born again into a real computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 ok bro, first of all go HERE,and read whole page... see your machine compatibility with hackintosh ... if you have everything what iHack require ,that we`ll talk about some downloading ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 I do not see my machine on the HCL here is what I have. HP pavillion a300n **I have installed 1GB of Ram and a 160 GB HD as well as other internal Hard drives. All unneccessary software has been removed to free up adobe software to run smoothly. Two DVD Burners have been added, one is a lightscribe. The rest of the mods are external firewire or usb. Motherboard Supplier ASUS Motherboard Name Manufacture name: P4G533 HP/Compaq name: Echo System BIOS Supplier ASUS/Award Form Factor uATX Processor Brand Intel Processor Socket Type mPGA478 Processor Family P4 and Celeron (Willamette, Northwood) Proc. Front Side Bus Freq. 400 MHz Chipset Name 845GL Chipset "North Bridge" 845GL revision/stepping A1 Chipset "South Bridge" ICH4 Revision/stepping A1 Super I/O ITE Revision/stepping IT8708F Flash BIOS Device 2 MB Flash EEPROM Memory Type DDR Memory Speed PC2100/PC1600 Memory Sockets 2 DIMM Maximum Memory 1 GB Graphics Supplier Intel Graphics Configuration Down, In Chipset Onboard Graphics Memory UMA/up to 64 MB Graphics Connector (AGP) None TV-Out Device No TV-Out Configuration AGP TVout card Audio AC'97 Down AC'97 CODEC Device Realtek ALC202A Audio Jacks (Legend below) M,LI,LO,SO M Microphone LI Line In LO Line Out SO Speaker M/G Midi/Game Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek RTL8100 Ethernet Configuration PCI, Down IDE UDMA Modes ATA-66/100 Expansion Slots (AGP/PCI/Exten) 3 PCI USB Ports 6 USB Front/Back Options 2F+4B Serial, Parallel, Floppy, PS2 Kbd and Mouse 1S,1P,1F,PS2 K+M Serial Port Front Chassis Option No More: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product number DM166A Product introduction date 03-Sept-03 Country/region sold in * United States * Canada Hardware Base processor Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz * 400 MHz Front side bus * Socket mPGA478 Chipset 845GL Motherboard manufacturer * ASUS * Motherboard specifications Memory Component Attributes RAM (installed) 256 MB DDR SDRAM (1 x 256 MB) Maximum allowed 1 GB (2 x 512 MB) requires replacement of the installed 256 MB DIMM Speed supported PC2700 MB/sec (messages as PC2100) Type 184 pin, DDR SDRAM DIMM slots Two Open slots One Cache Type Attributes Primary cache (L1) 8 KB of data cache + 12K micro-op cache Secondary (L2) 512 KB Hard drive * 40 GB Ultra DMA * 5400 rpm CD-RW drive 48x/12x/48x maximum speed Diskette drive 1.44 MB (3.5-inch) Modem High-speed V.92 ready data/fax modem Video graphics Integrated Intel Extreme graphics with up to 64 MB shared video memory Sound/audio Integrated AC97 audio * Integrated AC97 audio * Six speaker configurable Network Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface MPEG MPEG2 for full-motion digital video External ports Port type Quantity Location USB (2.0) Five (one front and four back) One front, 4 rear 7-in-1 media card reader (supports Compact Flash I/II, SmartMedia, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital (SD), and IBM MicroDrive) One card, four slots Front Serial One Rear Parallel One Rear PS/2 Keyboard One Rear PS/2 Mouse One Rear VGA One Rear Microphone/Headphone/Line-in One each Front Expansion slots (total) Slot type Quantity PCI Three (two open) DIMM Two AGP No Drive bays (total) Bay type Quantity 5.25-inch, external Two (one available) 3.5-inch, external Two (both occupied) 3.5-inch, internal Two (one available) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 non compatible processor ... you need at least SSE2 processor function ... quote from wiki page : Info for newbies If you want to install OSX on your Intel or AMD computer, your computer processor needs to support at least SSE2. You can check this with a program called CPU-Z. ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Bummer... Thank You for your time and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Herb Trevathan, you can install osx86 on your old machine look at my specs Motherboard - Asrock P4145GV, w/ built-in graphics, LAN only CPU - Intel Celeron 2.4 ghz, SSE2 capable only Memory - 512 MB DDR only Hard Drive - 40 GB, ATA only Graphics - Geforce FX5200 128mb 64bit only, with QI/CI Supported OS - Jas OSX86 4.9/semthex 8.9.1 + WinXP Pro + Uphuck 4.9 v1.3 ***intel celeron is at least sse2 capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thank You...does that mean that my processor is capable of running OSX? The computer was fast with graphic work and windows xp...I did tweak it and lean it down as far as the windows OS goes to keep it from slowing itself up. I just can't get over how my macbook runs circles around it and is so much more user friendly now that "I" know how to use "It". I really do not even want a dual boot system just an OSX machine would be great. Last night I unhooked it and put it away. My wife and I just had a baby boy "Caleb Benjamin Trevathan" on 07-11-2007 so that will be his first computer in a few years. I would like to run OSX on it as we have found alot of cool kids stuff for Mac. Who knows by then I will just buy him a new Mac or he will inherit one of ours. My work will some how justify a new iMac if they make a dramatic change. It is crazy that that computer works great and I have no desire to use it at all for anything. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 yes indeed anyhow, installing osx86 is a bit challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Nice! - well I might need some help with some of this. Check this out. I should repost this on a news forumm here or something. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5722&tag=nl.e539 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 not a problem, any moderator can delete or transfer a specific topic post. anyways, just pm me or post your queries here if you need some help installing osx86, il try my best to help you, and the rest of the osx86 community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thank You so much I really appreciate the help. -Herb Trevathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 ok then just keep in touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 non compatible processor ... you need at least SSE2 processor function ... quote from wiki page : ~R sorry guys my mistake ... glad about that ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Trevathan Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hey I'm just glad it will work. Hoorah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 sorry guys my mistake ... glad about that ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Hey I'm just glad it will work. Hoorah. It won't necessarily work. Check the wiki's HCL list for specific compatibility with your hardware (not just your whole machine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Download cpuz and it will tell you if your processor supports SSE2 or SSE2 & SSE3. Knowing exactly what it supports can help choose which installation DVD you download. How do I install my copies of OSX on it and make it a Mac? I have both sets of disks that came with the new macbook and the iMac.Now that we're more or less certtain your process will work (fingers crossed) lets go back to one of the original questions. You can't use the DVDs which came with your mac to put OS X on your pc. Neither can you purchase different DVDs to install OS X on a PC. All you can do is download an illegal hacked version of OS X which has the capability to be installed on a PC as long as it meets certain requirements (SSE2 and above). But just because your processor has SSE2 doesn't mean all is well. There may be issues with your motherboard and so on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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