is this hardware enough to try mac?

shhash · #1 February 7th, 2008, 12:08 PM

I want to try mac os, but I've some doubts regarding mac os. I have an intel pentium 4 processor 1.8GHz, with 1GB DDR primary memory, and a nvidia 6200 128mb GPU, and secondary memory of 120GB, which release or version os mac runs on this system? I'm desperate to try Mac-Os once...

itbedave · #2 February 7th, 2008, 12:29 PM

You're talking about trying a Hackintosh - or an Intel PC running a hacked version of the Mac OS, correct?

The "Mac experience" isn't just about the OS. It's the combo of the hardware and OS together because the OS is built and optimized for known sets of variables in the hardware.

I don't think you are getting the flavor of the OS by hacking it onto any old Intel box. YMMV

symphonix · #3 February 7th, 2008, 06:17 PM

Yeah, if you want to try a Mac, you'll need to get a Mac. Otherwise, your experience will be tainted by the incredible amount of problems you'll run into trying to hack the operating system to run on unsupported hardware.

Mac is about a seamless, trouble-free experience that involves no hacking, patching, drivers, fiddling around or otherwise wasting time on pointless technical tasks. Without trying a Mac, you'll never know what a great experience using a Mac can be.

shhash · #4 February 7th, 2008, 08:26 PM

thanks a lot for the replies, I'll buy a compatible hardware n software at all the cost, but I thought some OSx86 would run on this hardware so I asked here, it was great to be a part of this community, thanks again

nixgeek · #5 February 7th, 2008, 09:30 PM

For one, the mods frown upon discussions like this on here because it is not legal to install OS X on non-Apple hardware and talk of such things and how to perform it could implicate the forum and its members. Even the OSx86 sites make it very clear that it is illegal to do this and you're doing it at your own risk.

There are G4 Power Macs, eMacs, and some other Leopard compatible Macs that you can find for pennies now. They won't be as lightning fast as the Intel Macs, but they will allow you to run Mac OS X (even Leopard) and give you the Macintosh experience that you're looking for. If you don't feel like going through eBay, you can check out a list of vendors on the Low End Mac site for some great deals.

http://lowendmac.com/deals.shtml

rmeaux · #6 April 10th, 2008, 10:46 AM

Great Link Nixgeek, I have been looking for a good site to buy a ppc mini from. I am steering from eBay lately. Its getting aggrivating and cost the same as a store.

Nick T. · #7 April 20th, 2008, 02:47 PM

IMO the Mac mini would work very well for you. I've been using one for about a year side by side with my big WinXP box and think very highly of it.

You can easily install Windows on the mini and have the choice of booting into Windows or Mac OS X. You can also run Windows as a window under OS X.

Either of both of the above Windows options are very simple to do; unlike hackintosh require no technical expertise and are legal and moral. They run windows programs exactly as they do on your present PC.

If you do buy a mini, here's my suggestion: buy it with the most RAM you can afford. On a mini upgrading the RAM is very difficult.

have fun,
-Nick

rmeaux · #8 April 20th, 2008, 05:24 PM

Started to play with boot camp since I lasted posted on this thread and I can vouch for it. XP and Vista both run great. I did it just to run Rosetta Stone but I see no problem running anything more intense. The commercial wasn't lying(?) when they said Mac hardware runs Vista better. Puts any Vista Box on the shelf to shame with open and closing windows and applications.