MVE82 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hi guys, first post here. Fantastic website which is a mine of information! I have decided to use my Mac mini as a media centre pc and convert my PC workstation to a 'mac pro'. I have previously used Tiger on a couple of PC machines to good success but have not yet used leopard on a PC. Unfortuantly I am very much out of date with how things have progressed since last summer and I was hoping that someone might point me in the right direction as far as my workstation and needs might be. The key system specification which I have is: Intel q6600 2.4ghz (non G0 stepping, running at 3.0ghz) 8gb DDR2 800mhz ram nVidia 620mb (i think) Geforce 8800 GTS Abit Snake Pro IP35 motherboard 2x 250gb SATA hd's (brands I can't remember) After viewing the wiki, it would appear that my system is a great starting point for leopard. I need to be able to run both OS X leopard and Windows X64. My main operating system will be OS X; Windows x64 is required because my work uses 3DS Max/Vray/AutoCAD. I would ideally like to install each operating system to a separate hard drive and make a selection of which I would like to boot at startup. I have downloaded the new Kalyway 10.5.2 in readyness for this system update, is this the best for my setup? I am very interested in using the EFI V8. Does this allow me to update OS X through system update, or is it a little bit temperamental? How will using EFI V8 affect my using Windows x64? Which boot loader would you recommend? I have used Acronis in the past, and was VERY happy with it. Any help you can offer would be most appreiciated! Thanks ahead of time! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99632-new-to-leopard-osx86-and-looking-for-advise-with-my-setup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVE82 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hi guys, Good news. Managed to get Kalyway 10.5.2 installed on my workstation and it runs fantastically, it is lightning quick! Not really had a massive amount of time to play with the install but so far the only issue I have come across is that Leopard will shutdown and spin down the HD but the system doesn't switch off, meaning that I have to do it manually. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to resolve this? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99632-new-to-leopard-osx86-and-looking-for-advise-with-my-setup/#findComment-712194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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