Hi every body!

**nsync83005** · July 26th, 2006, 04:50 AM

Hello guys i am new here and also new in the macosx stuff and i hope that you help me in a few questions:
1.can i install macosx on that system:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (21 x 133)
Motherboard Name ECS 865PE-A v2 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (02/03/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor Philips 107T5 [17" CRT] (BZ 262416)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Series Audio Processor

Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD800BB-00FJA0 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HD5308D JXM721H SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX230EE (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Printer HP DeskJet 690C

2.can i keep windows xp and choose between them when booting?

Thanks for you time

**symphonix** · July 26th, 2006, 06:42 AM

I'm afraid not. You can only install Mac OS X on Apple computers.

If you did have an Intel-based Apple computer, yes you would be able install both WinXP and MacOSX and choose between them.

**nsync83005** · July 26th, 2006, 06:49 AM

Thank you so much.
and i guess i wouldnt be able to try it;
one last question is the osx faster than windows?
Thanks

**fryke** · July 26th, 2006, 07:05 AM

Yes. And no. It depends. For example, if what you want to do is write a paper, then it wouldn't matter much. If you want to play a game only available for Windows, then Mac OS X is not slower, it doesn't perform _at all_. If it's about getting work done, I personally prefer Mac OS X any day - but the important word is "personally" here. I'd go to a store selling Macs and try one out for a while. Let a salesperson show you a couple of things that interest you. And if you're ready, your next PC will be a Mac. Worst case, you'll be using Windows on that Mac, since it now runs natively on the intel Macs. Best case: You'll be using Mac OS X almost exclusively, running Windows XP maybe in Parallels Desktop (virtualisation software) for some software you haven't found a Mac OS X compatible replacement for yet.

And just a reminder: No, we don't talk about illegally getting OS X to run on PCs not made by Apple here. If you however have further questions about the differences in Mac OS X when coming from Windows, you might find our "Switchers" forum interesting: http://macosx.com/forums/switchers-windows-mac-converts/