Howto: Build a Mac OS X x86 machine to run OS X natively
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Using a motherboard with an Intel 915 chipset and a P4/Celeron D Processor, you can get OSX up and running natively. It’s FAST and is 100% compatible(sound, accelerated graphics, and networking). It also runs PowerPC Applications. This hardware can be obtained for around $100. This is a list for OSX x86 hardware compatibility.
Info is scattered all over so I compiled a list of working components that work in native mode (no Pear, or VMware).
If you have more, add it, IF it works completely. Please ONLY add the components and no questions, failures, etc.
We need a clear list of working components.
Fully working hardware list.
CPU SSE3
AMD 64 (venice)
Intel Prescot P4
Intel Celeron D*SSE2 processors are not listed due to limited operation (certain apps will not work).
Chipsets
Intel 845
Intel 865
Intel 875
Intel 915
Intel 925
Nvidia Nforce 4 Ultra
VIA P4M266A
VIA K8M800Video
Intel 900Sound/Southbridge
ADI AD1985
C-Media USB Audio (no additional drivers required).
Intel ICH4
Intel ICH5
Intel ICH5R
Intel ICH6
Intel ICH6R (ATA only, no raid)
Realtek ALC860
Realtek ALC655
Realtek ALC850 (nForce Audio)(requires kext plist file edit)
Realtek ALC855
Sigmatel C-Major Audio (Dell 700m, copy over AppleAC97 kext from Darwin)
Sonica Theater (USB)
VIA VT8235Ethernet
3Com 3c905
3Com 3c900 (10mbit only)
Broadcom BCM5705M (NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet)
Broadcom 440x 10/100
Intel 82547EI
Intel 82562EZ
Realtek 8100C
Realtek 8139
Realtek 8100C
SMC-1211TX (Recognized as RTL8139 [Realtek]
Surecom EP-320X-R 100/10/MDrives/Acc
DVD burners
Pioneer DVD A07 Writer
NEC ND-3500AGCD burners
LiteOn LTR-52327-S is recognized as burnerFireWire or 1394
Audigy Sound Card firewire
SIIG 3-port PCI card (Texas Instruments TSB12LV23)
VIA 6306 chipset (found on some Nforce boards)BlueTooth
IOGear USB BlueTooth dongle
MSI pc2pc Bluetooth DongleMost compatible motherboards
Will be updated on occasion
Audio, video,and chipset (no definate networking, but easy to fix with a cheap card)
Intel
No video (or definate networking)
IntelAMD will be added later. Basically, it takes an expensive board and processor.
The cheap setup is Celeron D with a budget board, together, they can be had for about $110. The cheapest board does not show up in the search (as well as a few others, not sure why, I need to look into it). This BIOSTAR U8668 D, and the cheapest Celeron D processor you can find is the cheapest.
See this thread (thanks Macgirl).Complete desktop system (almost perfect…)
DELL DIMENSION 4600
goes out and buys a mac…
NOT
silly mac are for dummies, everyone knows that.
Here’s my custom built computer for 100% compatibility with OSX86 all the way to 10.4.5:
Motherboard Intel D915GLVGL
Processor Intel P4 S775 630 HT 3.0GHz FSB800 2MB Cache
Memory DDR400 1GB (2×512) CORSAIR Value Select
Harddrive HD ATA 300GB WESTERN DIGITAL – 8MB
DVD LG GSA 4167B Dual Layer
Hard drive could have been SATA but so what?
Graphics card is the integrated GMA900 which is 100% foolproof, and you can later add an ATI X1600 PCI for full glory.
The processor is fast enough to rule over any current dual-core iMac or BookPro.
I also bought a Goldship silver case that looks just like the G5 tower case… drool. A quick glance and anyone might think it is an actual G5! Unfortunately my LCD monitor and mouse/keyboard are black and is a certain giveaway.
Is there a cheap Dell, or other off-the-shelf desktop and/or laptop I can run OS X?
Has anybody done this successfully? Which version of OS X did you run?
If anyone knows, please contact me at alienhairdo@yahoo.com
Thomas
Or is there anyone here who could build me a Mac ?
Ok guys heres the deal, Im not that experienced with Mac OS, So forgive my lack of knowlegde.
Now I first did an install of OS X86 10.4.3 using VMWARE…everything worked great..of course the speed was
slow as crap. But still everything worked. I used my friend’s dvd burner to make a copy of the patched ISO so i can install it on its own separate drive. I had no problems installing it what so ever!
Everything worked great…fast boot up, sound, NIC..everything…except my display. Everything is in black and white. and the resolution is just wrong. Ive seen this problem around the forums alot. Some people have seem to have gotten this problem fixed. Ive read some of the tips on how to fix this but its just not working for me.
I really want to get this fixed, so is there anybody out there that can help me with this problem, I also have a copy of OS X86 10.4.4, would that make it make a difference if I installed that instead?
Here are my computer specs
Dell Deminsion (cant remember what model number)
Intel ® Celeron ® CPU 2.40Ghz SSE2
Broadcom 440x 10/100 Intergrated Controller
Intel ® 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
SoundMAX Intergrated Digital Audio
Creative AudioPCI (ES137, ES1373) (WDM)
Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Hopefully this is enough info for whoever can help me out..
Thanks in advance!
i have a 100 % Mac OS X 86 Native PC w00t. but i didn’t install it.
my computer specs:
Intel Celeron D @ 2.40 ghz (with SSE3)
intel 845 chipset
intel pro 10/100 Network card
SoundMAX integrated audio
Intel onboard graphics @ 96 mb
@Lord Grahf. your specs look fine. you’ll run mac os x natively. expecpt. your processor is SSE2 which cannot run powerpc applications such as iTunes.
My specs:
AMD 64 (venice core) 3000+
nVidia nforce 4 mainboard
nVidia 6600GT PCI-Ex16
Hmm…. I heard that it was impossible to use an nVidia card as the Mac’s use ATI 9200’s, I put a hard drive I got from someone in my box to see if it would work before I went through the whole native install and it ran fine, however I have come to install darwin and it seems to have a problem with my OHCI (usb 2.0 i think) and just sits there and periodically says “Still waiting for root device” any ideas?
yea. what version of the mac did u install?? 10.4.1. if it’s 10.4.1 then it has no drivers on USBS 2.0. get mac 10.4.5 DVD from torrent sites. bootable too. and it has alot of drivers. so u should do that with the 10.4.5 DVD
lol…funny thing is..i actually can run itunes!! of course i still cant see a darn thing but..it works! Im still working with my display issue though…its getting really frustrating..
I’ve a Dell Inspiron 1200 Laptop. I got OSX to install, but not to run. That is, I could not reboot successfully into OS X. The Inspiron has a 1.3 GIG Celeron CPU. Could that be the issue? Not enough horsepower?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Gary
Gary, odds are the Celeron that you have lacks SSE3 or SSE2 support. That would be why it failed. I tried the same thing on my Aunt’s laptop (same model) and my patched install disk wouldn’t get past boot-up.
BooHoo…
My new PC just doesn’t like OSX. If I don’t start in safe mode I get a message saying that I need to restart my computer.
Specs:
- Opteron 165, 64bit dual core CPU
- DFI LanParty UT nForce4 Ultra D mainboard
- 512meg DDR533 memory
- NVidia 7600GT PCIe 256meg video card
- Onboard nForce/Realtek sound
- Onboard nVidia gigabit ethernet + Onboard Marvell gigabit ethernet
- 120Gig Seagate PATA hard drive
well it does look like you can. opteron i’m not sure it has sse 2 or sse 3…PROUD TO SAY.I’M ON NATIVE X86 INSTALL OF MAC OS
I have Mac OS X 10.4.4 patched running native on my 2.2ghz Athlon 64 Clawhammer (No SSE3).
Everything seems to work OK except my built in network card is recognized but it ALWAYS says a network cable is unplugged and never gets conectivity. I downloaded some drivers from the internet for USB ethernet adapters and my USB ethernet adapter works great! Also I have a Geforce4 MX420 AGP Video card and it doesn’t seem to be supported although I downloaded some drivers for it from macvidia. iTunes full screen visualizer won’t work – it just turns the visualizer off when I choose full screen. Can’t get to iTunes preferences.
X doesn’t support my SATA RAID so I’m installed on a secondary IDE drive partitioned half and half with a HFS and FAT32 so I can swap files between Win & Mac.
Does anyone know how I can get higher screen resolutions than 1024×768? Any help for my other issues?
Gigabyte GA-K8NS Motherboard NForce 3 250 Chipset
(Built-in network not recognized)
8 channel AC97 Audio (Recognized but 2 channel only)
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ ClawHammer 1.8GHZ OC’d to 2.2GHZ (SSE2)
NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 64MB AGP (Works but only 1024×768 and no QE)
512MB Corsair XMS Series PC4400
SMC EZ Connect 2202USB/ETH Network
120GB Seagate Barracuda IDE HD
2×80GB Seagate Barracudas – RAID Stripe SATA(Not Recognized)
Dear Thomas:
I am running Mac OS X 10.4.1 on my Dell Laptop 1150 using Deadmoo’s image and DD Utility. I could not install 10.4.3 or higher because the OS did not support my chipset.
I have also installed Mac OS X 10.4.3 thru 10.4.5 on Dell Optiplex 170L, GX-260 and GX-270 natively using DVD-ROM. All I had to do was make an adjustment in BIOS to use more Graphics Memory.
–daniel =)
———-
Dell Inspiron 1150
Mac OSx86 10.4.1
Intel 82855 Graphics
512MB Memory
40 GB Hard Drive
Broadcom 1350 Wireless
I’m sure that I’m only showing my ignorance by asking this, but how would you go about adjusting BIOS to use more Graphics Memory. I managed to use the DD Utility successfully, but the colors on the screen are distorted when I run OS X and I think this could fix it if anyone could tell me how it is done.
Dear Anthony:
Here’s the trick: Some computers allow adjusting the Graphics Memory while others do not.
If you are using Dell Computer, keep tapping the [F2] while the computer is first turned on. This will get you into Setup BIOS. If you scroll through the options, you may have an option the adjust the Graphics Memory.
I was able to adjust the Graphics Memory on Dell Optiplex 170L, GX-260 and GX-270. I was not able to adjust on Dell Inspiron 1150 because there was no option to do so.
–daniel =)
i’m trying to install the img file in my hda1 and i cann’t. here is my code:
root@slax:/dev# dd bs=1048576 if=./sdb1/tiger-x86-flat.img of=/dev/sda1
dd: opening `./sdb1/tiger-x86-flat.img’: Not a directory
Can anyone help me on this ??? … i cannot find whats wrong can anyone help me on this ??? …
i use slax linux live cd
and my hardware is AMD FX-60 with 4GB RAM
thanks for ur time
I have an acer aspire 1802 laptop p4 3.00gh 80gb ati x600 and i would like to find out if it is possible to run mac osx. also can you give me the link to download it. thanx from greece
I’m running an AMD-64 3500+, 320 GB hard drive with an 80 GB backup that could be used for surplus OSes. I’m interested in being a test dummy for anything that can be wrought as far as troubleshooting and heavy testing on the MAC OS X86 front goes. I’m running a Radeon 9800 Pro and using the Audigy 4 Pro card with 1 GB PC3200. The VM shell has got along with my computer as of thus far, so the complaints are at a minimum. I’ve got a couple of backup copies of MAC OSX. 10.4.3 and 10.4.5. I get kernel panics at even before I start, and I don’t want to basic or hexkey my way into getting things to run, as that nukes brain cells needed for staying sane and healthy right now. ;) So far, Deadmoo’s copy has been the only one that worked. I mean, if Gentoo Linux works on an NTFS drive scale, why wouldn’t the MAC based OS format work with my other drive sets? Got an answer, email me at zorpnic@gmail.com
Who knows? Maybe overnight we can topple the Gates of Doom.
Guys – just BUY the MAC HARDWARE ALREADY!!!!
Is it possible to run this on a P4 Hyper threading processor
so…no os x on raid(0) array..? sataII compatible?
will os x work with data on other partitions on disc with windows on C: ?
Hi,
Just a qestion, to be sure, by “running natively” you mean that a PC with Intel 915 shipset, Intel G900 video adaper and an appropriate CPU (SSE2, SSE3) Mac OS X x86 will install (boot with the official DVD) an run without any patching ?
Thanks and regards.
Constant
i have an intel d845gebv2 motherboard with o 2.4 ghz 512 mb ram will i be able to run max os x 10.4.1
Anybody know where i can get part 8 of the iso so i can install osX..?
@ Constant
You need patching regardless because your PC won’t have that nasty TPM chip which provides hardware locking mecanism. The patch simply avoids the TPM chip checks. Other than that, you won’t need any further patching if your CPU has SSE3.
Here’s food for thought:
The setup below costs around $500
Motherboard Intel D915GLVGL
Processor Intel P4 S775 630 HT 3.0GHz FSB800 2MB Cache
Memory DDR400 1GB (2�512) CORSAIR Value Select
Harddrive HD ATA 300GB WESTERN DIGITAL – 8MB
DVD LG GSA 4167B Dual Layer
Tower case with power supply
Good silent CPU Fan
So while it definitely beats a Mac Mini Intel Duo in all specs, the cost benefit is not entirely there. I did it as a hobby. And yes, I’ll be getting a real Mac Intel as well.
@troisd
Thanks, this make it more clear to me.
Even if I will also get a MacIntel, as you it’s for fun.
Regards,
Constant
anyone try installing darwin from a prepatched disk? I downloaded it as an ISO and threw that on a cd, but when i boot from the cd, i cant run OS X. I finish the installation process, but dont know how to boot from it. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
I want to triboot WinXP Pro, MAC OS X and Slackware Linux…on an AMD 4200+X2 MSI Neo4 Platinum, 1GB PC3200 RAM, Radeon X800GTO Fireblade Edtion 256MB…tips, suggestions..
email: shadowreign666@gmail.com
i have installed via tiger x86 tar bz2 but it hangs at display vram [0000000000:000000000] card is intel 845 cpu =p4(sse3 capable)
i can login at console how to i get to GUI
hiiiii ,,,there ,,i have installed mac os x on my standard desktop and one of my hp nx7010 laptop ,i have been using it for quite sometime ,,ne1 wants help regardin post installtion problems is most welcome ,,i am onlly left with fixing the wireless so i would b really thanxful if someone could help me about it ,,
thanx in advance
rahul(rah1915@yahoo.com)
Hey sandeep,
i have the same components as you have. just look at the link shown below to check if you can run osx
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCLPart
hai sandeep
i have p4 2.4ghz 512 MB RAM and 845GEBV2 MB as you have so if
you have any doubts just contact me at yeageek@yahoo.com
Hi Rahul,
I have a hp nx7010 laptop and tried installing from a DVD. but could not get it running. I see a blank screen after I complete the installation and reboot the machine.
Any help would be appriciated.
check it – http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=507&l1=1&l2=2&l3=0
perfect bare bone for running osx86 just need a processor :)
Hii there ,
Well i messed up with my Bios settings I have a HP nx7010 machine ,So I urgently want a dump of the bios of HP nx7010 ,It would be a great Help if any1 having the same machine could save their Bios dump and send it to me.
Thanx in advance
Regards
Rahul (rah1915@yahoo.com)
I appreciate everyone keeping this alive, there is a good Jas 10.4.6 disk on the Demonoid that benches at 105-110 Disk access, Same as Quad G5.
it runs like a champ, but the QE needs to be patched from an earlier disk.
This disk runs natively off Intel Dual Xeon w/ 2 gigs RAM and 128 mb Nvidia graphics
And Natively means “STF-WA” “Stick it the fuck in and walk away”
does anyone know if the SiS 661FX/964 chipset will work with osx?
if not, what drivers would i need (or what replacement grafix card (i really dont care if sound works, i can work that out on my own.)
…..all i really want is to have mac boot up and be semi-usable…….
Will this work on a laptop like the compaq presario V5000T with Intel core duo processors? Site says graphics card is Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950 – Celeron. Not sure if it can be swapped out. Except for the mac powerbook g4, I think that the mac laptops are ugly so I’m reviewing options…including pc 12″ options.
Will this work on a laptop like the compaq presario V5000T with Intel core duo processors? Site says graphics card is Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950 – Celeron. Not sure if it can be swapped out. Except for the mac powerbook g4, I think that the mac laptops are ugly so I’m reviewing options…including pc 12″ options.
———yes, it should work if you have a laptop that came with a core duo and has an intel chipset (any intel chip 815 and up should work.)
I’m having trouble getting into the usb hard drive directory through terminal. I typed in /dev/media/USB-HDD and I get error messages. “Bad directory or file name” or something like that. I ls it and it says Desktop. Anyone know what is wrong?
I have a custom built pc with an AMD athlon 64 2800+, 80gb hdd, 1gb corsair pc3200 ram, saphire radeon 9800pro video card(AGP) and my motherboard is a gigabyte K8Triton. can my system run the Mac OSX natively with the 64bit mac OSX?
To howtheheck….
try cd /Volumes
ls
and then find the USB-HDD from there.
For wireless, I am using a wusb54g by linksys, but you must go to Ralink site at the url http://www.ralinktech.com, and download the driver for RT71WUSB and install it with the adapter unplugged, reboot, then plug in the adapter, and it will recognize it, connect to your network with the wirelessusbutility that comes up, then enter system preferences and select the wireless connection, click apply, and voila!
I am using a Dell Dimension 4600c desktop with os x natively, it all works fine with the maxxuss prepatched os x 10.4.5 DVD.
I own one of the first Macbook Pros, and love it. If you get this to work on a pc, and you like it, I seriously suggest a real mac….a mac mini with core duo is cheap, and the experience is so much better with all of the other software that goes with the mac hardware.
Enjoy, and best of luck
Well, I’ve too been trying to get Mac OS X on my PC, but I’ve been running into a hell of a lot of trouble.
I seem to be able to install the OS, but it hangs after it installs, and I can’t click the reboot button. Or if I have the installation show the all text so I can check for errors (or maybe, for some odd reason, when I install an upgrade copy over the original), it’ll get past the reboot button, but it will never actually reboot (just exit to a text prompt).
So I do a forced restart, and then after that it seems that the partition is unbootable. I’ve tried a couple different boot managers as well as just booting directly to the OS X partition. I get no installation errors, and I’m pretty sure I’m installing all the right patches (the default patches for Intel and AMD, and the AMD patches for SSE2). I’ve even tried it with SSE3 for the hell of it, and it makes no difference.
Could the forced reboot be killing it that much?
And would installing X11 be causing problems?
My specs:
Athlon 64 2800+
nforce 3 motherboard
1GB DDR400 memory (crappy brands)
2 x 200GB Seagate 7200RPM 8mb cache Ultra ATA/100 hard drives
ATI Radeon X850xt 128MB
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
16x DL DVD+/-R/RW
8x DVD+R/RW
Generic floppy drive
1 USB card and 1 Firewire card (not that those should make a difference)
Also, is nforce 3 simply an incompatible chipset?
And sorry if my grammar is a little lax, I haven’t been getting much sleep lately.
I have been looking into installing OS X on my PC recently.
Right now, I’m running a dual boot gentoo/xp system using grub.
Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.2GHz processor
1GB RAM, i forgot what kind. Pretty sure its PC2700 or PC3200.
2 x 160GB Western Digital 7200RPM IDE hard drives
ATI RADEON X850 Pro AGP 8X/4X 256MB video card
forgot what sound card. i think its a Realtek AC-97.
NEC DVD+/-R/RW, either 16x or 32x.
lets see…the usual stuff. keyborad and mouse wont make a difference.
neither will printer.
oh yeah, a memory super drive on the front (USB/SD/MMC/SM/MS/MS-PRO/CF/MICRODRIVE)
but i doubt that makes a difference.
With this setup, is it possible?
Everyone is talking about Intel with OS X.
And if they do discuss AMD, which is rare, it is all a discussion of AMD64.
Thanks.
Hi All – I have all the hardware ready, and years of Linux and Solaris behind me ( and 40 earth years ) but either I am becoming dreadfully stupid, or i am doing somehting wrong… where … where does one get a copy of the deadmoo image for “evaluation” ? Sorry if this is a blisteringly stupid question – been ‘looking’ for 5 days now …
Hi again, sorry guys, I might’ve seemed a little rude because I was tired.
Thanks for any help you might give me.
Dudes… all you need to know is right here:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
compatible hardware, howtos, etc.
Enjoy!
Anyone know where someone can get this iso?
try emule for “10.4.6 for Intel” and you’ll be fine =))
Hi all,
I’m making also this nice intel-mac thing, and im wondering wich videocard is really good working? i have a Intel Extreme Graphics 2 controller on-board would this work just fine? or is there any other video card that really work nice? i can use all info because i’m tired of getting searched to this (alraedy for 2 weeks)
i thank you all already
I was seen the letter. I can’t Belive it . is this true. i have a P4 machine. Can I insttled Mac Os X 10.4 for that Machine. But I dont no what is the steps in the Case. I am student. Can u tell me witch steps i need to followed.
thanking u
Sachira Lakshan herath
I have a P IV 2,4 Ghz,Intel 845 GEBV2, 256 MB DDR
Its around 4 yrs old. Its overall performance is satisfiable.But when I play games like NFS Most wanted, it display is quite poor,Sticky, and taking alot of time to start.
I am willing to buy a graphics card, please tell me the optimal one I should go for, price also.
Thank You
tried 10.4.6.Myz.iso with Gigabyte GA-81945GZME-RH, Celeron D 331 with sse3 supported. I have tried many methods, but just cannot boot from the installation dvd. I am certain that the dvd is good. Computer hangs with a blank black screen. Is the motherboard in-compatible? Please can some one help me out.
thank you
Dudes… ONE LAST TIME!
READ THIS SITE HERE:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Check the compatible hardware list and check out the forum there. Get away from here TODAY!
kann ich Mac osx 86 auf einen Intel celeron 2.40 ghz sis chipsatz und
msi 648max l mit 2gb pc3200 ram laufen lasen.
Hello there, im about to migrate from my g5 1.6 to a homebrew mac, do you if theres any vompatible videocard with 2 videos out ?
Thank you a lot.
my 7800GT works so far…
but im stuck at the select language screen…
i can’t move my mouse and the keyboard doesn’t react
Use USB mouse.
will it run on my celeron 1000mhz ? :S
When I move a window in OS X x86, the mouse ‘blinks’.
I have an NVIDIA GeForce MX4000 AGP.
uhh run linux and shut up
Hi !
Sorry a so simple question,but, at wich moment of the boot should I have to type ” -x graphicsmode=1280×1024x32@75 plataform=x86pc…”. or something like that—-during the count down? to change the resolution display .
working nice on a AMD64 3000+(no sse3),with a MSI K8T Neo 2 ,sound only one channel,and maxxuss patch 0.5c
Brasil
For all the pain and hassle you could just buy a macmini for the same or slightly more and have everything work out of the box and be assured that you will be able to use any upgrades / future software without problems. If you’re just into playing around with this sort of thing, then that’s cool. The idea that Apple hardware is overpriced is no longer true. If you want a cheap os that isn’t windows to run on your pc then use linux. Open source is a great thing and current linux distro’s are pretty fantastic. If you want the best of all worlds get a mac -you can run any/multiple os’s you want on it. If you want the best OS and hardware get a pro line mac.
Think Different
Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!
i tried to install mac os x tiger, tiger-x86.tar on a PC config: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, socket 754, Asus A8N-E Deluxe via nForce 3 Motherboard, 1 Gb 400 Mhz Transcend RAM, Seagate 160 Gb SATA Hard disk , XFX Geforce 6600GT Graphics card… but after Darwin boots it stops saying “still waiting for source”
and nothing Happens i tried many ways but didnt work someone with any knowledge why this problem occurs and with some solution please help… thank you
I have a AMD Sepmron 2300, what version of Mac OS X x86 would work on it? i have searched every where for the awsner
‘Seems like a nice little project to me… this hasn’t been updated in a while, the AMD Turion processor has a sse3 setup, does anyone know if it will work? Also, what version of OSX have been tested and is there a site where we can see the progress thus far?
I did this but my audio and ethernet controller didnt work, anyone know where I can find the drivers? they’re a Sigmatel Audio and Intel pro/100
I have the a compatiable system. AMD64 Venice, 1gb Ram, Nvidia NForce 4 Ultra etc
I have a harddrive here with my current settings on it and I dont think i’ll whipe them but maybe if this work’s I will.
**Is it just a matter of getting a version of Mac OSX and putting it in and installing it like windows?
**Will it run on a PC like it would run on a Mac??
**Can one have OS X and Windows on the same Partition and be able to flick back and fourth like you can nowadays on a regular Mac computer??
**Is it possible for an AMD AthlonXP throughobred system to run this? [Im pretty sure thats SSE2] It has 512mb DDR ram and a Gigabyte board which i think has a VGA chipset.
**When Mac OS X is loaded and running – My driver disk’s i use for my hardware, do I just put them in and run them as usual??
**Because its a PC but has OS X – Can I run my normal Windows Apps on it or will I have to get Mac apps etc?
Please send instructions on building a MAC OS on an intel platform.
Thank you
I was wondering if this would work on my computer, as this article is somewhat dated:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz
XFX 7950GT 512MB
1 GB DDR2 667 (PC5400)
Western Digital SE16 250GB
nForce 570 SLi (not Ultra)
Realtek Audio ALC 883
nvidia nforce network controller ( I dunno the real one)
If Apple was smart they would open the door for OSX to run on every PC, and give the world another choice for a operating system.
I for one wont be going with Vista.
And great work guys keep it up
hey guys, anyone know if it’s ok to use knoppix instead of ubuntu?
If Apple would let you run Osx on any machine they would loose their primary source fo income….Hardware. Right now Apple “thinks” they have the two tied together Software+Hardware but the osx86 underground is gaining more and more support.
Good luck Apple.
@Brendan:
Any Linux distro is fine, as long as it has DD. Hell, you could even use Windows DD.EXE (you have to download it) or the one built into Mac OS X (if you have a mac).
@Vito Accardo:
Right. You didn’t even tell me where to put these magical instructions. Learn it yourself, lazy noob.
@Fox:
No it’s not just about installing the OS on your PC. Get the tiger-x86-flat.img file (Google it.). Then use DD to apply it to a hard drive.
That flicky thing you were talking about – that’s Parallels. I suppose it would work, but I really don’t know. Google ‘parallels for os x’ and find out more yourself.
And, about the device drivers.. Forget about it. Those are device drivers most likely for Windows. So, useless on OSX.
And because it is running OSX, you will have to get OSX apps. But if you don’t have a processor with SSE3, they will have to be Universal Binary or just plain Intel apps.
@Sayco:
Too bad. They probably won’t ever work, because all of Apple’s drivers are on the OS already, and the manufacturers probably aren’t going to write them for OSX.
@Jo:
I went on AMD.com and it says that the Sempron has SSE3. Not sure if your 2300 has it, but if it does it means you can run the 10.4 OS with Rosetta (this means you can run PowerPC and Intel apps)
I have macbook.. for getting bios setup, what key should i use?
@Xavier DUDE! this is totally the WRONG forum to be asking this question. DUH!
Is the 915 chipset the most upto date? What is the best video card to use? Are there any that get full 3d acceleration? Is IDE better than SATA, for compat? For CDROMS does it matter what brand? (I know only some burners work).
Basically, if someone was building from scratch, what is the ultimate system? What is the best value system?
Thanks,
~S
I tried to dd the image file to my hard disk (at /dev/hda) using Ubuntu, but it said I didn’t have permission. How do I get access?
Okay, it was prettys simple. Just got root access with “sudo passwd root”, changed the password, and then “su” to access root. So the image file is loaded, but it hangs while booting. I can boot with “-x” option, but I don’t have the password. So I try to boot with verbose mode on (”-v”), but it’ll hang unless I use “-x -v”, which brings me to the login screen. Regardless, I never get a prompt so I can change the password. Does anybody just know the deadmoo password? That would be a lot easier. Can anybody help? Thanks.
Working out of the box for Asus A8R32MVP ! AMD Opteron 148 Nvidia 7900gt(NATIT 1). Iam talking about Jas 10.4.8.
Thanks, I will try this.
You can shop the difference between Apple hardware and Dell, but for the same system, there is only a few hundred dollars difference. Even if you put OS X on your cut rate pc, you still have a cut rate pc.
If you want a Mac for under a few hundred bucks, buy a used G4 or G3 tower. They will support Core Image and Core Graphics and Core services, AND Core Animation.
If you are buying a brand new computer to run Mac OS for less than 600 bucks, just get a Mini.
The Mini will crush anything else when operating with OS X.
In response to the last question, the answer is-
The ultimate system to run Mac OS X is
A Mac.
Hi i am downloading, OSX 10.4.3. 8F1111, iam using a new Dell 6400/1500 E Dell Notebook, Core duo SSE2/SSe3 enabled? 915G chipset, HDA, i reckon it should work?
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten OS, that whoever installs it in their crappy pc shall not perish, but have eternal life.
ok i dont understand …. on the list of parts above do u just need some of them or do u have to buy all of them, can someone pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaseeeee give me a clear list of parts that would work
Of course it’s not going to work.
It is an operating system that wasn’t made for that computer.
Just like Microsoft Windows XP (R) or Vista (R).
You will have to search, download, install, and try many combinations of patches and drivers to get everything to work, and you will probably still be left with some disability.
Remember that you will probably get it wrong more than five times, so you just might as well get comfy for about two days, and don’t even think you can save what’s on the drive. Nothing will survive what you are about to do.
Just like Windows XP (R).
Going without WIFI or sound on your notebook will probably not last long for you.
Short battery life might make you quit the OS for good.
I know that people who deal with Microsoft (R) upgrades spend their lives patching this or that, struggling through networking nightmares and so on….
But Apple builds the operating system AND the hardware together, in the same room, at the same time.
This means that not only does everything work, but it works GREAT
It works beyond your wildest expectations.
You think Microsoft (R) really has 345 thousand people testing their software on all the different machines to make sure they work GREAT? They don’t even BUILD computers!!!
If you like Mac OS X and you think it’s good, then run it on mac hardware.
I have a G3 Imac I got for 20 bucks at a computer grave yard.
It runs Mac OS X Tiger like a dream. Everything Works! and I mean EVERYTHING.
They also had a G3 tower there, and gave that to me for FREE as I walked out and asked about it.
It also runs Mac OS X Tiger like a dream. EVERYTHING WORKS!
The point here is, that if you want to have an experience with this operating system, and don’t mind the pain of putting it on any available computer and then patching it all up just to not have it work right, then by all means, try it.
If you want to have a great experience with this OS, then revive an oldworld Mac with a retail version of OS X.
Building a computer to run Mac OS X is silly. Apple has been doing it for YEARS.
There are computers already here that run it GREAT!!
If you are trying to do this just for the jerk of it, then fine.
The only way you will ever really get any good use out of this is if you are making these processing nodes, in which you are enslaving ten or fifteen generic PCs to one apple intell Head.
That’s kind of a nice thought….
Thousands of Generic PCs enslaved to one Master MacTel, XGrid Style….
I don’t think Apple will ever want to sue me.
But Billy Bob might.
Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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ok i dont understand â¦. on the list of parts above do u just need some of them or do u have to buy all of them, can someone pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaseeeee give me a clear list of parts that would work
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Connor,
A clear list would include
Just about anything with an Apple logo on it. From the single core G3@ 233Mhz through the 8 core Dual Intel Quad Xeon@ 3.0Ghz.
I have OSX running on a p4 3.0 ghz w/ 1 gig ram – WiFi working (as an Airport but it’s a Belkin card) ; Ethernet, On-Board Sound works — had to do lots of driver hacking and used the OSX86 HCL & Wiki. Awesome system tho – and very stable ; I use the system as a file / print / ftp server
peace
Capt
i tried this in my computer but the display is like black and white and all messed up and not clear its because my chipset isnt suported but i was looking at what is supported and this should work right?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3259804
please email me letting me know if this will work or not
Can I run Mac OS on my PC specs:
Intel Pentium D 3.40GHz
ECS 865G-M8
Sparkle GeForce 6200
512 MB Ram
Western Digital Caviar 7200 RPM
LG DVD Writer GSA-H20N
Samsung Floppy Drive
I would buy a mac, but I really just want it for the O/S. The hardware is marked up in ridiculous fashion. If I could get Max OS X to run on a pc that I could build for far less than their overpriced mediocrity, then I would totally do that.
I am a linux guy, and i’ve been a windows guy as well. Ideally it would be nice to run my graphics software (photoshop, flash, etc.) on the system, and be able to use a *nix shell, but not have to be limited hardware-wise because I cannot afford the vastly overpriced {insert upgrade component here}.
Kudos to apple for getting it right, but if they want to topple microsoftie, then make OS X usable on other hardware than just your own.
I would love to natively run the latest version of OSX on my brand new AMD machine. Don’t know if that is possible or wise, or if I would be able to take full advantage of my hardware (SLI) etc… If you know how to do it, let me know.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core Processor
Foxconn C51XEM2AA AM2 SLI Mainboard
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB DDR3 x1 (Will SLI two of these in the future)
4×1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400
Apevia 680watt Beast Power Supply
XEF6 Should be quiet… What a nobgeek! Shut up babbling about you frigging MAC’s running faster than Linford bloody Christie.. Who Cares??? These people here who want to run OSX native on they’re PC’s.. I’m sure if they wanted macs they’d but one, and i am sure if they want to run Linux they will. STOP!! FRIGGING GOING ON ABOUT ALTERNATIVES….. This is a discussion for people who want to run OsX on a PC!!..
SOME GENERAL POINTS.
Pc’s KICK A*S!! Mac hardware just isn’t up to standards yet.. Apple is innovative in design and do hold the majority of the mp3 based population at the palms of their iHands… But all the latest hardware out there including PS3, Wii, Majority of Phones PDa’s etc etc all have Components that innitialy stem from PC. Who wants a frigging mac??? They look nice, and have a decent OS! My pc looks nice, sleek, 22″ monitor… My pc also runs 2 geforce 8800 and has a 1000Gb HD. My pc is also compatible with every piece of software out there!!! IS YOUR POXY MAC? Whats that!!! NO! I see… MMM! Viruses… Dont rabble on about viruses. The reason pc’s have them is because they are written for pc’s dumnuts! Mac would have viruses too if people could be bothered to write them. But… They cant…
My advice to people.. KEEP PC, USE MICROSOFT SOFTWARE.. WINDOWS. And just make sure you keep your machine clean and tidy. Now that i have my head around it and have everything just how i like it, VISTA is the best OS i have used by far… And yes i have tried UBUNTU, SUSE, KNOPIX, SOLARIS, OS8-9-X… The only OS that i prefer to all of these is WORKBENCH on the old commodore amiga, now if they could re-release an OS…. HEY PRESTO! Problems solved.
“… if they want to topple microsoftie, then make OS X usable on other hardware than just your own.”
This would be great, but it ain’t gonna happen. This is M$’s worst nightmare, and as soon as Apple tried it M$ would sue them in a dozen courts at once (makes no difference that all the suits would be groundless; M$ has enough cash on hand to tie Apple up in court for decades), modify all their OEM contracts to require a promise that they’ll never even _say_ Apple, even at the supermarket, and fix their Apple versions of Office to blow up instantly on non-Apple hardware.
Apple knows this. They’re not in business to topple M$, they’re in business to make money.
(And as for the last comment above, hey, have you gotten your nice new Vista machine to play a HD-DVD movie at full resolution yet? Have you tried replacing one of your hard disks yet? Have fun. M$ is now well past the point where actually satisfying its customers has any priority at all; everything is devoted to protecting their market share and controlling the industry. Vista is their third release of NT4 with ever larger tailfins.)