If it is not hurting your network speed you could increase it back to 20 and let it run forever potentially. If you notice the internet becomes slow, decrease it back to 10.
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If it is not hurting your network speed you could increase it back to 20 and let it run forever potentially. If you notice the internet becomes slow, decrease it back to 10.
Can I ask what components you ordered? Which motherboard and processor?
I'm also thinking of building one and am currently trying to find a mobo that seems to work well.
As a first project, I chose the below mobo with the Atom processor soldered to it. My case is the Antec Sonata III 500 (500w psu).
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=110282&st=0
After this project is successful, I will then build a more powerful unit as below:
Asus P5K-E mobo
Intel Core 2 E8400 3.0 GHz
Then I will use the original Asus case for it and obtain a lower powered psu and a smaller case for my first project.
I'm thinking of building one already figured what stuff i'm going to use:
Asus P5K-VM SE
Asus 7600GT Dual Dvi
2gig of CHEAP ram
320gb samsung spinpoint
Intel Q6600 or E6600 not sure yet
(both are very good supported)
most of the above products have out of the box support with the p5k-vm SE.
With little luck I can dual screen
Asus P5K-VM SE
Asus 7600GT Dual Dvi
2gig of CHEAP ram
320gb samsung spinpoint
Intel Q6600 or E6600 not sure yet
(both are very good supported)
most of the above products have out of the box support with the p5k-vm SE.
With little luck I can dual screen
Hi Cave Man,
well, this is very interesting. With every new vote I'm more surprised, how it just turns more and more from mack to hack. So is there any conclusion?
So is there any conclusion?
I think the conclusion is that Apple has a major hole in its product line.
Well, it looks like we all now it, just
didn't hear anything about it. Maybe they just spend to much time with phones 
This is the truth. I'd have happily paid maybe $150 more for an Apple desktop equivalent to my Hackintosh.
me too. after building my hackintosh, i cant imagine not being able to change the hd or graphics card once they become inadequate as is the case of the mini and imac
i love being able to update components of my computer without having to but a new one all the time
If you want to overclock... check you ram. Get something you can work with. Maybe pay a bit more for better ram + w/rebate to save money. I also recommend 4GB.... Should not cost you more than $80US DDR2 800.
Perfect legal desktop mac for 200$(Atom processor included!)
Note: Its 142$ if you have a hard drive already!!!!
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=113623 is the guide
and here is the newegg wishlist for an easier time getting the goods
click here
comes out to 202$ pesos.
This works flawlessly no problems, wireless can be done easily too.
Here is the wireless card, dont get asus card that I am linking from the newegg because they charge 50$ and this compumusic that I am linking charges 21$
http://www.compumusic.com/p445016.htm
*or spend $500 and get an msi wind, same processor and it will be leopard compatible*
Here is the software needed run the new desktop mac you have (can be legal too!)
This is a Leopard Compatible hackintosh
Get Kalyways from the pirayte bay spelled intentionally incorrect, type kalyways into search query
or Install OSX from retail disk- Legal Method!
Click here
Now for all of the haters who think this can never be legal:
EULA mac approved hardware....ok.... there is a sticker that comes with the osx disk..... just put the sticker on the computer now it's mac approved..... done.....
Eulas very commonly are lawful. There is nothing in EU-US law that makes them unenforceable. It depends on the provisions they contain.
There are two or three things they cannot do, not because they are Eulas, but because no contract which is a condition of sale which tries to do that will be lawful in the EU. Not even if you personally read and sign it before you open the package.
The first thing is, no post sales restrictions on use of a purchased product will be valid. Once you have bought it, you can do what you like with it, within the laws of the land. So, Apple does not have to sell copies of OSX by itself. But having done so, it cannot tell you what to run it on. And it cannot get around this by pretending that though you have walked out the shop with a CD and no further payment obligations, you have in fact leased or licensed it and not bought it. It is a purchase. The reason for this is very simple: if a car manufacturer could impose post sales restrictions on use, it would, and would force you to buy parts only from it. If a tool supplier could do it, it could make you buy the pro versions before you could legally use them in way of trade. Etc.
This is one thing. The second thing is it cannot force you to lower your statutory rights under consumer protection and trade law in consideration of selling to you. So whatever your rights are about warranty, return and so on, you still have them, no matter what the Eula or any other agreement says.
The conclusion of this is very simple. If OSX really does run unmodified under KQEMU, there is nothing Apple can do to stop anyone running a purchased copy of it that way. Nothing.
The same thing applies to running MS Office under Wine. It makes no difference what any purchase agreement says, MS cannot stop you running one lawfully purchased copy of Office under Wine. Or any other emulator.
As the last example shows, before getting too enthusiastically convinced that Apple should be able to stop you running OSX on any other hardware, think about the implications a bit. To do it, you'd have to give similar rights to all sorts of other people for whom you might feel rather less enthusiasm....
Note: Its 142$ if you have a hard drive already!!!!
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=113623 is the guide
and here is the newegg wishlist for an easier time getting the goods
click here
comes out to 202$ pesos.
This works flawlessly no problems, wireless can be done easily too.
Here is the wireless card, dont get asus card that I am linking from the newegg because they charge 50$ and this compumusic that I am linking charges 21$
http://www.compumusic.com/p445016.htm
*or spend $500 and get an msi wind, same processor and it will be leopard compatible*
Here is the software needed run the new desktop mac you have (can be legal too!)
This is a Leopard Compatible hackintosh
Get Kalyways from the pirayte bay spelled intentionally incorrect, type kalyways into search query
or Install OSX from retail disk- Legal Method!
Click here
Now for all of the haters who think this can never be legal:
EULA mac approved hardware....ok.... there is a sticker that comes with the osx disk..... just put the sticker on the computer now it's mac approved..... done.....
Eulas very commonly are lawful. There is nothing in EU-US law that makes them unenforceable. It depends on the provisions they contain.
There are two or three things they cannot do, not because they are Eulas, but because no contract which is a condition of sale which tries to do that will be lawful in the EU. Not even if you personally read and sign it before you open the package.
The first thing is, no post sales restrictions on use of a purchased product will be valid. Once you have bought it, you can do what you like with it, within the laws of the land. So, Apple does not have to sell copies of OSX by itself. But having done so, it cannot tell you what to run it on. And it cannot get around this by pretending that though you have walked out the shop with a CD and no further payment obligations, you have in fact leased or licensed it and not bought it. It is a purchase. The reason for this is very simple: if a car manufacturer could impose post sales restrictions on use, it would, and would force you to buy parts only from it. If a tool supplier could do it, it could make you buy the pro versions before you could legally use them in way of trade. Etc.
This is one thing. The second thing is it cannot force you to lower your statutory rights under consumer protection and trade law in consideration of selling to you. So whatever your rights are about warranty, return and so on, you still have them, no matter what the Eula or any other agreement says.
The conclusion of this is very simple. If OSX really does run unmodified under KQEMU, there is nothing Apple can do to stop anyone running a purchased copy of it that way. Nothing.
The same thing applies to running MS Office under Wine. It makes no difference what any purchase agreement says, MS cannot stop you running one lawfully purchased copy of Office under Wine. Or any other emulator.
As the last example shows, before getting too enthusiastically convinced that Apple should be able to stop you running OSX on any other hardware, think about the implications a bit. To do it, you'd have to give similar rights to all sorts of other people for whom you might feel rather less enthusiasm....
Well, it looks like you can now install Leopard from a retail DVD onto Intel chipsets. No more torrents if you already have a retail DVD for your hackintosh.
Thats cool, I just installed leo4all on a faster HDD and still have an older iatkos install that I was planning on deleting, I think I might give this a try on the old drive just to see how it works
I've been trying to follow that post/topic but man it seems over my head a bit... it doesn't seem easy at all. I may try it though as I own the retail leo.
I just DL'ed Leo4allv3 last night & want to give it a try on an extra test HD I'm using. Kalyway 1052 has been a pain to upgrade although I have it running 1054 at the moment, it's not perfect.
I installed it from a retail disc, its fairly straight foward and there are a lot of premade ISO's for people to use with various chipsets that are being uploaded so you dont have to do anything except install some drivers to get sound/net/graphics working which isnt brain surgery since graphics and sound come with PKG installers. It also seems really easy to make your own ISO, you just download the default one (which apparently works for a lot of motherboards without doing anything extra) and then add some kexts made for your chipset to the intird.img or whatever its called.
some submitted ISO's (theyre just like 10mbs) http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114834&st=0
I used the ISO for the 965p-DS3 since my motherboard is from the same series (but not a DS3) and it worked fine. I also updated to 10.4 from System Update and all it did was break my ethernet which is just a simple kext swap to fix.
I have not installed chameleon EFI bootloader yet, so I still need to boot with the CD, this was just a test anyways since I have another partition that I just got done installing everything on with leo4all.
Also the HDD's must be partitioned using GUID/GPT. The retail copy of Leopard will not allow you to install on a disk that is MBR. So keep that in mind if you are wanting to dual boot Windows and OSX on the same drive.
some submitted ISO's (theyre just like 10mbs) http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114834&st=0
I used the ISO for the 965p-DS3 since my motherboard is from the same series (but not a DS3) and it worked fine. I also updated to 10.4 from System Update and all it did was break my ethernet which is just a simple kext swap to fix.
I have not installed chameleon EFI bootloader yet, so I still need to boot with the CD, this was just a test anyways since I have another partition that I just got done installing everything on with leo4all.
Also the HDD's must be partitioned using GUID/GPT. The retail copy of Leopard will not allow you to install on a disk that is MBR. So keep that in mind if you are wanting to dual boot Windows and OSX on the same drive.
Ya, I've been keeping an eye on the list for those iso's. I might try the one for the Asus p5w (my board is P5e). I have an additional HD to test with. I will try it out this week when I get a chance.
no because those discs only work with the kind of computer they came with, you can boot it but it will say it can only be installed on a macbook. It has to be a store copy.
Looks like another company is selling hackintoshes. Their terms are carefully worded - perhaps they've read Apple's lawsuit against Psystar?
my new Hackintosh
This week I finished building my Hackintosh after waiting a long time for Apple to build a mid range tower. I found out that OpenOffice X11 causes it to hang requiring a push on the Reset button, but NeoOffice works fine. Photoshop CS runs much faster than I thought it would. Safari is lacking for me so I always load Firefox on all my computers, Mac & Windows. A lot of testing looms on the horizon, and that is the fun of projects like this.
That was sure a satisfying feeling to see the Hackintosh boot for the first time.
This week I finished building my Hackintosh after waiting a long time for Apple to build a mid range tower. I found out that OpenOffice X11 causes it to hang requiring a push on the Reset button, but NeoOffice works fine. Photoshop CS runs much faster than I thought it would. Safari is lacking for me so I always load Firefox on all my computers, Mac & Windows. A lot of testing looms on the horizon, and that is the fun of projects like this.
That was sure a satisfying feeling to see the Hackintosh boot for the first time.
If your testing will include stressing the system then try the URL below for mprime.
http://www.mersenne.org/gimps/
Strange about OpenOffice. I wonder if there are other machines that have this issue. Watch for memory leaks from Rosetta - they tend to occur over time and the only solution is a reboot. You ought to be in good shape with that 2 gigs.
Yes, it sure it.
Heck, just fire up Handbrake. It'll push your computer to the max, provided you only have four or fewer cores.