Artmuzz Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Hi, I don't know what to do, whether to save up my money and buy an iMac or buy a powerful PC to run OSX86 on. Just now I am using a 2.4ghz Pentium 4 with 512mb ram. Sound only works from my USB soundcard and I cannot get my secong graphics card working. I also find that OSX86 is quite slow and sometimes crashes when running programs like Digital Performer and Logic Pro. If I bought a Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz with 2 GB ram would I see a difference in performance and would I get the same performance as if I was using a proper Mac computer? Please advise Artmuzz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64719-help-on-new-pc-for-running-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurk Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 its really really fast on mine and mine is a $300 1.8GHz core 2 duo shuttle with vanilla JaS 10.4.9 sse3 and gma950/ddr2 667 ram. one bounce and firefox launches. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64719-help-on-new-pc-for-running-osx86/#findComment-458418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artmuzz Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 So, buying a Intel Core 2 Quad PC is the way to go instead of saving up my money a bit more for an iMac? Please advise Artmuzz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64719-help-on-new-pc-for-running-osx86/#findComment-458603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurk Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 buy an imac if you can afford it. i cant so i use a $300 core 2 which works faster than an imac (but doesnt update directly from apple, may crash rosetta applications etc) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64719-help-on-new-pc-for-running-osx86/#findComment-458624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artmuzz Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Ok, I'll save a little bit more and get an iMac. I was on the verge of getting that Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz PC but I guess getting an iMac will mean I have a stable fast machine. I should have my iMac by the end of October. Only Mac I own just now is a Macbook Core 2 Duo and that is fast. Cheers Artmuzz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64719-help-on-new-pc-for-running-osx86/#findComment-458626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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