PC Compatible?!

[Epke]

Hi,

 

Ive found my old pc and want to know if its capable to run macosx86! And does it accept SSE3?

 

System specs:

 

Processor: P4 2.4Ghz

Memory: 1x 256MB DDR (expandable ofcourse to 4gb)

Harddisk: 40GB

Videocard: 64MB Intel 865G (shared)

Sound: Onboard AC'97

Networkcard: Intel PRO/1000MT, Gigabit

PCI: 1x 32bit PCI low profile

AGP: 1x 32bit AGP 3.0 low profile

 

Many thanks!

 

Epke

[Konami®]

You could run Tiger in it but without quartz extreme and core image, If you want to run OS X as your primary system I would suggest to upgrade to a current hardware (processor, memory, video card, network card), you could try and see if you can make it work but I guarantee to you that you going to have a lot of trouble with drivers.

[zoomie]

Older P4 processors don't support SSE3. Find a windows program called CPUID (Google it)...it will tell you if you have SSE3.

 

Also, find out what motherboard you have. Know what northbridge and southbridge chipset it uses. Then visit the osx86project.org wiki for its Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) Click Here

[Danyel]

Hi Epke:

 

I have installed Myzar OSx86 10.4.6 on several machines that don't support SSE3 (Dell Inspiron 1300 / Dell Optiplex GX-260) so you should give it a try.

 

From your graphics card, you may not be able to get Core Image or Quartz Extreme but it may support full screen resolution. My laptop supports 1280x800 resolution while the desktop supports 1440x900 using MacVidia Driver.

 

I'd give it a try!

 

--danyel