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maybe someone can validate this? the people that have a snow leopard beta copy thing?
Ran the OSx86 hardware thing, installed/replaced drivers, then i did an apple software updated and rebooted, it restarted (which was nice) but the 2 greatest benefits came in the form:
-My display now looks great. Must've updated the drivers. Colours look my vibrant etc etc
-My IDE drives work, huzzah! Screensaver still knackered though. Won't come on -_-
And as for my laptop, convinced it's the chipset drivers. Reinstalled with other drivers selected and it hung, didn't wash out.
-My display now looks great. Must've updated the drivers. Colours look my vibrant etc etc
-My IDE drives work, huzzah! Screensaver still knackered though. Won't come on -_-
And as for my laptop, convinced it's the chipset drivers. Reinstalled with other drivers selected and it hung, didn't wash out.
I've yet to bother with the boot 132 thing. Is it worth it? What's the advantage over Kalyway or iDeneb?
Originally I had downloaded Kalyway to one of my Macs loaded with Panther. I burned the ISO file to DVD using Toast, but that DVD did not boot my new Hackintosh. I downloaded Kalyway to my Hackintosh using Windows XP. Then I downloaded Active ISO Image File Burning Software for Windows to my Hackintosh, which was not really a Hackintosh yet. I burned the ISO to DVD using the Active ISO Image File Burning Software. Then I was able to use that DVD to boot the Hackintosh to install Leopard.
So, now I am wondering if a Mac running Leopard can burn an ISO to DVD without any special ISO burning software like needed on a Windows computer.
What is wrong with that mobo? I have been considering it because of the integrated graphics. Do the on board graphics work OK? I am not a gamer.
But, I am also looking at the GA-EP45-DS3L, because it is such a new board.
I've burned ISOs with my hackintosh as well as my MacBook without any issues (all on Leopard).
even though OS X can run uninterrupted for months i need sleep as im quite energy conscious and a PSU draws very little power in sleep saving you money on energy costs per annum. restart is essential as the OS updates that install files in the System folder require a reboot and i dont want to force restart and muck up the update. i guess shutdown is not essential but it would be useful when going away and not having to force shutdown which may mess up the HDD. finding a good powerful board with all these working is a challenge. some dont work and some arent documented so i dont want to take this risk.
what board are you using? does it meet my requirements? hehe… i think sleep et al. problems are associated with some Intel chipsets like P45. i think finding a board with my wants and no sleeping problems will be hard.
if you have a look at my "Wants but dont have" thread post i have everything chosen for a Quad Core Hackintosh except the board.
I have been running a P45-DS3L (which is VERY similar to a DS4P), for a while now, completely vanilla/EFI, and it works 100%. The only thing would be after waking from sleep the Ethernet has to be restarted. I haven't found a fix for it. The restart/shutdown was completely solved with the Psystar kexts, and I know they also have an ethernet fix, though I haven't successfully tried it.
I have built about 15 osx86 boxes from 945 to P45 all retail, now I have an x58 setup on the way. Yay for Nehalem!
- Jon
I'm interested to hear how it goes. Be sure to post benchies!
Edit: I thought I'd share a very direct Hackintosh vs Mac Pro comparison.
Quad core Mac Pro = 2.8GHz, 2GBs FB-DIMM DDR2 800, 8800GT 512MB, 320MB HD = $2449
Quad core Hack Pro = 2.8GHz, 2GBs DDR2 800, 8800GT 512MB, 320GB HD = $1131
*Hack Pro price includes KB/M, DVDRW drive, case, PSU, retail copy of Leopard, and overnight shipping.
OS X on really low specs?
Hey guys;
How do you think leopard would run on these specs:
- 1.6 ghz Intel Atom processor
- 512 mb of RAM
- 5400 RPM hard drive
- 64 MB integrated video
Not that it's an MSI Wind or anything hacking or anything at all. This is purely hypothetical. Also, say I was to (hypothetically) upgrade the RAM to 2 GB. Also, all I'd really plan on (hypothetically) doing is surfing the web while using Adium and iTunes, and sometimes Office 2008.
Hypothetically, if I did this, I would be buying a legit copy of leopard, just so people don't think I would be (hypothetically) some EULA-breaking, software-stealing monster. Except (hypothetically) the first one.
Hey guys;
How do you think leopard would run on these specs:
- 1.6 ghz Intel Atom processor
- 512 mb of RAM
- 5400 RPM hard drive
- 64 MB integrated video
Not that it's an MSI Wind or anything hacking or anything at all. This is purely hypothetical. Also, say I was to (hypothetically) upgrade the RAM to 2 GB. Also, all I'd really plan on (hypothetically) doing is surfing the web while using Adium and iTunes, and sometimes Office 2008.
Hypothetically, if I did this, I would be buying a legit copy of leopard, just so people don't think I would be (hypothetically) some EULA-breaking, software-stealing monster. Except (hypothetically) the first one.
I think it would be fine. The only part making it a tad slow seems to the amount of ram.
Btw, it's fine to talk about hackintoshes, but be prepared to be merged into this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=6638379#post6638379
Btw, it's fine to talk about hackintoshes, but be prepared to be merged into this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=6638379#post6638379
Oh, I (hypothetically) feel like an idiot. I wasn't aware of this hackintosh superthread. Thanks!'
Any other opinions on my OS X issue, or my mental issues?
Haha, my atom build is like you describe and it works great. It works flawlessly as my file server, so I think it could handle iTunes/Safari/Adium without a hiccup
no no there is nothing wrong with it, just that its small and cheap so i thought it was a bad mobo. it clearly isnt because it was that easy to install on..
the integrated graphics do not work, i have tried quite a bit but have found nothing. if somebody could point me in the right way???
I'm interested to hear how it goes. Be sure to post benchies!
Edit: I thought I'd share a very direct Hackintosh vs Mac Pro comparison.
Quad core Mac Pro = 2.8GHz, 2GBs FB-DIMM DDR2 800, 8800GT 512MB, 320MB HD = $2449
Quad core Hack Pro = 2.8GHz, 2GBs DDR2 800, 8800GT 512MB, 320GB HD = $1131
*Hack Pro price includes KB/M, DVDRW drive, case, PSU, retail copy of Leopard, and overnight shipping.
that is amazingly interesting!!! i would still take the MP because of its looks and xeon processors (as opposed to the C2D)
I just found this thread so im kinda happy this stuff flies here
My current hac is as follows:
GA-P35-DS3L mobo
E6750 2.66ghz Core2Duo
GeForece 8600gt
4gb OCZ Reaper Ram (3.25gb i can use, more than that and it crashes)
500gb 7200rpm Seagate SATA drive and a 160gb 5400rpm maxtor IDE drive
Everything works 100% with a fully upgraded Leo install. I've never geekbanched it but i might do that sometime soon just for kicks.
Why build this?
Its way cheaper than a similar mac (there isnt a similar mac but in theory it would cost a ton more than i built this rig for) and the OSX eula is a load of rubbish. Its illegal to force someone to buy one product in order to use another product by the same company.
My current hac is as follows:
GA-P35-DS3L mobo
E6750 2.66ghz Core2Duo
GeForece 8600gt
4gb OCZ Reaper Ram (3.25gb i can use, more than that and it crashes)
500gb 7200rpm Seagate SATA drive and a 160gb 5400rpm maxtor IDE drive
Everything works 100% with a fully upgraded Leo install. I've never geekbanched it but i might do that sometime soon just for kicks.
Why build this?
Its way cheaper than a similar mac (there isnt a similar mac but in theory it would cost a ton more than i built this rig for) and the OSX eula is a load of rubbish. Its illegal to force someone to buy one product in order to use another product by the same company.
1. I just found this thread so im kinda happy this stuff flies here
My current hac is as follows:
GA-P35-DS3L mobo
E6750 2.66ghz Core2Duo
GeForece 8600gt
4gb OCZ Reaper Ram (3.25gb i can use, more than that and it crashes)
500gb 7200rpm Seagate SATA drive and a 160gb 5400rpm maxtor IDE drive
Everything works 100% with a fully upgraded Leo install. I've never geekbanched it but i might do that sometime soon just for kicks.
Why build this?
2. Its way cheaper than a similar mac (there isnt a similar mac but in theory it would cost a ton more than i built this rig for) and the OSX eula is a load of rubbish. Its illegal to force someone to buy one product in order to use another product by the same company.
1. NO idea why your RAM isnt working.. that should be sweet.... nice setup btw, i have the 8500GT
(and at the same time)2. uuummmmm ok... apple have been selling their software bundled with hardware for how long now??? 20 years is it?
Please tell me what a single Xeon has over a Core 2 in benchmarks or performance beyond the Xeon stamp on it?
Haha, I tend to agree it's a load of crap, but think of it this way: cell phone software is bundled with cell phones, windows is bundled with many computers, GPS software is bundled with many GPS devices; should they all be forced to allow their software to run on anything the consumer wishes?
Food for thought. (This coming from a guy with 2 hackintoshes remember
)i love my 3.4ghz dual core hackintosh.. it runs like a dream without any issues.. i had audio issues for a while after i built it, then got fed up with it and bought a usb audio adapter and it has been perfect ever since!
I'd take a Mac Pro too if somebody was giving one away. But the fact that I'm perfectly capable of building a system that performs better for ~$1000 less than a less equipped machine is reason enough for me not to buy Mac Pros.
Well, some might say stability. But the same processor I used in those benchmarks has been running at 3.6GHz on air cooling for nearly a year now. The past month it's been running at 3.7GHz. That's a full 1.3GHz faster than the rated speed and it's on air cooling.
To run the benchmark for the "direct comparison" I just pulled 6GBs out of the system in my sig and looked up the current hardware prices. Here are the benchmarks for the system in my sig as I'm currently running it. The total system cost was roughly $1400 a year ago when I built it. That includes KB/M, DVDRW drive, 1TB HD space, PSU, case, retail copy of Leopard, and a 768MB 8800GTX instead of the 512MB 8800GT. That also includes the cost of overnight shipping.
My Quad Core Hack Pro = 3.7GHz, 8GBs DDR2 800, 8800GTX 768MBs, 1TB HD space = $1400
So, with my overclock, for $1400, I get ~2000 more Geekbench points worth of performance over a quad core Mac Pro. Not only that, but for ~$1000 less than the cheapest quad core Mac Pro I get 6GBs more RAM, 650GBs more HD space, and 256MBs more video RAM.
With the Xeon Nahalems around the corner my goal is going to be to sell my current CPU, motherboard and RAM. Then, I'm going to turn around and buy 2 i7 Xeons, a dual socket motherboard, and DDR3 RAM. I'll keep the same video card since it still performs better than anything Apple currently offers. My current PSU will be plenty. With a little luck I can plop all that in my current case, attack my HDs, and overclock the hell out of those Nahalems. The end game is to end up with a system costing less than $2300 (including the money I've already spend on the system I currently have) which outperforms the highest spec Nahalem Mac Pro. Given how OC friendly the Nahalems are rumored to be, I don't think it's going to be that hard.
4 gigs just makes leo freak out depending on your ide/sata setup. I've not tired to fix it much because everything runs smooth with 3.25gb1. NO idea why your RAM isnt working.. that should be sweet.... nice setup btw, i have the 8500GT
I really want an 8800gt but i can justify spending the money on it
I even got this card on sale at newegg for $40 last spring. Before that i had a 5600 And thanks!
Actually no. Cell phone companies dont market their phone OS as a separate product whereas apple sells the OS separate from their computers. I know someone is going to mention that "leik wii games should be able to work on the ps3 then!!!" but they would be wrong. That like saying osx binaries should run on my windows box. Wii/360/Ps3 games require core elemnts of the system's OS to run and nintendo/MS/Sony dont sell there OS's separately. not to mention that the cpus wont even run the code.Haha, I tend to agree it's a load of crap, but think of it this way: cell phone software is bundled with cell phones, windows is bundled with many computers, GPS software is bundled with many GPS devices; should they all be forced to allow their software to run on anything the consumer wishes?
Food for thought. (This coming from a guy with 2 hackintoshes remember
@DoFot9
Point 2 is funny to talk about because for the past 15 years apple didnt have an OS worth making a fuss over. Imo, Tiger is the first usable OS apple has released and Leo is darn near perfect at this point in time. Also, back in the ppc days it would be impossible for my intel P3 cpu to run mac os code. The only limitations tying osx to macs today are all synthetic.
4 gigs just makes leo freak out depending on your ide/sata setup. I've not tired to fix it much because everything runs smooth with 3.25gb
Get rig of the ide devices and you can use the whole 4gb without the kernel panics.
I really want an 8800gt but i can justify spending the money on it
I have seen the 8800gt going for less than $100 used and just a little over that BNIB with a rebate.
So true purely a hardware lock out play for more profit but if you had the internal Apple builds during the PPC days then you could have been running on Intel anyways Apple already had it running for years as a backup plan...
I still don't have a problem with them limiting its use to their hardware. They only sell the software separately so older systems can be upgraded. They could technically not even sell it separately and just let everyone upgrade via the internet. But that's just a headache waiting to happen. Besides, this fun thread wouldn't even exist if they didn't limit its installation
Did you install Kalyway or iDeneb? Did sound & LAN work easily?
I am considering the GA-EP45-DS3L so I am wondering how much different the Install would be from yours.
I have Kalyway 10.5.2 & iDenebe 10.5.5 DVDs and am wondering which would work best.