brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I have an AMD processor, but it's an AMD Turion 64 Mobile, that supports SSE3, is OSx86 even worth trying? I know AMD Athlon 64 works, but what about Turion? I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Windows XP and I plan on getting rid of Windows completely and just having Mac OS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The processor is fine, but to know if OS X will work on your system depends on many other factors. It would help to know the specifics of the rest of your system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 The processor is fine, but to know if OS X will work on your system depends on many other factors. It would help to know the specifics of the rest of your system. Alright, which ones would you need? I have included a screen shot of a piece of the My Computer properties. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The processor is OK...We need the rest of your system info, not the CPU info (motherboard, video, audio, LAN, etc.) Also, just a tip: Don't delete Windows until you've got Mac OS X working good. Wouldn't it be a shame if OS X wouldn't install for some reason and you couldn't get access to the internet to post back... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy360 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 It would help if you told us what model laptop you have so we can find out more detailed specs on your PC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 It would help if you told us what model laptop you have so we can find out more detailed specs on your PC @pcwiz: I have my XP cd readily available if needed, ill just re-install that and be sad, and my files are ready to be backed-up ... @someguy360: Ok, I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 : http://search.dell.com/searchcom_redirect....94-4d9d982bea69 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Heres a good install guide just for the Inspiron 1501: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=60924 Use it and you can't go wrong! Enjoy OS X pcwiz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 thanks! ill look at it, and in a few days ill let you know how it went! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-454777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 I was wondering, would it work if I got OSx86 and burned it to a DVD, and just booted to that? instead of going through all that work with VMware? I want to take the easiest way possible, I just want Mac OS. If it ends up being really hard to get, I'll do it, but I'm looking for an easy way, if an "easy" way isn't possible I'll just follow the instructions mentiooned above. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 You have to use VMware for the installation part This is because you have to do some work on OS X before you can get it to boot and the only way to do that work is to boot OS X using VMware. Follow the guide and you should be OK Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Oh, ok. So VMware it is then. So, to get the Mac OS X partition on my hard drive, do I have to reinstall XP and re-partition it all? or can I just take a "piece" of one partition I have, and make a seperate partition? Also, is VMware free? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 It doesn't matter. Just create a partition thats large enough and MAKE SURE you format it as FAT32 before you start installing OS X. As for VMware, VMware Workstation which is mentioned in the guide I linked to you is not free. But, there is a version of VMware with the same functionality which is 100% free: http://www.vmware.com/server/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Ok I will check that out. So can I make a partition with VMware, or how would I do that? Can I do it and still keep my current windows installation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Don't make a partition with VMware. Just create another partition formatted as FAT32, and give VMware access to JUST that partition for the installation procedure (the instructions are in the guide I told you). Yes, you can keep your Windows install. Just make another partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenden Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Oh ok I get it, sorry for my thick headed-ness haha, one more question how do you make another partition? -UPDATE: Never mind that question, I found PartitionMagic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64240-will-my-processor-work/#findComment-455564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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