Deleted user Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hey I installed several of the Mac OS X distros (like JaS 10.4.8 updated to 10.4.9, kalyway 10.4.10 & 10.5 (build 9a527), xxx 10.4.10) I can get the all sistems running (except the kaly leopart 9a527) but after mac runs i can't install CS3, iWork 08, iLife 08, vmware Fusion, M$ Office 2004. I relly don't understand why it works for the majority but not for me... It's been a week of installing formating and reinstalling other distros but no succes... can someone plz help? i got back to M$ Vista now cuz i can't to anything in MAC OS X... My System: Intel P4 2.8Ghz Asus P5GD1-VM ATI X550 (when using mac have integrated Intel GMA 900) HDD 80 GB I'll apreciate some help whit this strange problem... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 What is stopping you from installing the applications? What errors are you getting when trying to run the apps? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-33 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 What P4 is it specifically? There are P4s that don't have SSE3 which IIRC is vital to making the newer versions of 10.4 work. Try an old version, say 10.4.2 or 10.4.3 I know those work for sure without SSE3. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 The lowest version I'd go is 10.4.7 or possibly 10.4.6 if I was really desperate. 10.4.2 and 10.4.3 are unusable, its well known. Plus, why would it matter if the CPU supports SSE2 or SSE3? If you have Mac OS X successfully working, the applications you run won't depend on your SSE#. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted user Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 i can install the apps but can't use them... Software I tryed: Microsoft Office 2004 -install was ok, but when I enter in Word, PowerPoint and Excel when i try to write something i cannot see anything... after i save the file and reopen the document i saved in Text Editor i can see wahat i wrote in Word) the same happens to iWork 08 in iLife 08 when i use iPhoto i cand see import photos... but when i click edit i can't actualy see the photo it's an gray area but if I apply the effects and reopen it in Viewer i can see the ajustemts that I have done in iWeb 08 the New Page/Site buttons (and others) are disabled... there too i cannot see or edit anything... vmware fusion it is not instalable... when it runs the final screen i get the gary screen of death (similar to windows it saids to restart) CS3 when i try to run it it crashed i cant even get it running even with disabled menues etc... i u can get me some help i'll appreciate it... thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurk Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 prolly qe/ci or non working graphics drivers, fix em and you hould be ok. run xbench to test. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Yes, thats a problem with video. You need QE/CI to run most of the apps you mention. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-459987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted user Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 Yes, thats a problem with video. You need QE/CI to run most of the apps you mention. So any ideas how to enable QE/CI in Intel GMA 900 ??? so i can give it a try Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-460609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-33 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Why did you start two threads on the same topic? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-460732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted user Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 Why did you start two threads on the same topic? it wasn't my intention but my explorer crashed and created the thread i didn't knew until it was created... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-460765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted user Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 prolly qe/ci or non working graphics drivers, fix em and you hould be ok. run xbench to test. I did the test but i don't know if i have qe/ci ... here is a screenshot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-461413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Looks like it is working but the Xbench test won't confirm that QE/CI is working. Open System Profiler, click on the Graphics/Displays option from the left and see what it says next to Core Image, Quartz Extreme, and Rotation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64892-mac-os-x-working-but-not-working/#findComment-461786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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