snakeeyes Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hi, I am new to these forums. I already have a Mac, but I want to TRY and install osx86 on my desktop and laptop as well. I want to try the desktop first to see how well it goes cause I don't want to mess up my brand new laptop. Here r the specs for the desktop: Pentium 4 SSE 2 I am sure. Realtek AC'97 audio 1.5gb Ram 120 gb hard disk Realtek RT8139 LAN card XFX Geforce 6200 512mb AGP DVD-RW and the usuall stuff. Oh yeah I have a genius usb webcam and a bluetooth dongle as well. OS X shouldn't have problems with these right? Now this is a weird question, but after installing OS X the hardware support for all other stuff like printers etc should be just like my own Mac right? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
m16 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 You probably have a better chance getting Mac OS 10.4 working then 10.5(leopard) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-709051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Alright so that means most of the stuff will work? Any more details? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-709105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Have you tried checking the Wiki? That's a pretty good place to start... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-709197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hi, yeah well at least my mother board, lan card, vga card and stuff is supported. I am going to find out about my sound card, but I think I read whether its supported or not. Any idea if I can find a list for webcams on osx86? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-709434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Alright all hardware is compatible, I will check out the webcam later. Any advice on if I can get Leopard working on this P4? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-709705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sure, just make sure to download a distro that has SSE2 kernel to install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-712120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 How is Kalyway 10.5.1, they say they support SSE2! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-712167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sure, give it a go. Install it on an MBR drive with MBR EFI and SSE2. DO NOT install vanilla kernel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-712188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks for your help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-712245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 I have downloaded Kalyway 10.5.1. I used a torrent as usual so I am sure I got a correct download but I am unable to extract it from the zip file. I am using opensuse 10.3 on the machine I downloaded it on. The error I get is: error: invalid compressed data to inflate Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-716505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-718009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Download an iso that's already extracted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-720747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I am downloading Kalyway 10.5.2 as I type this, about 34.2% done. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-722637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Xeon Quad Man Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I never had much luck running OS X on my old SSE2 system. It was totally unstable. With my new Xeon (SSSE3) though, Leopard runs perfectly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-722671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyes Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I already have a Mac, I also use Linux all the time, this is just for experimenting with and learning a bit. If it isn't stable then I will install it on my new machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99298-is-my-pc-osx86-compatible/#findComment-722738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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