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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
 
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.
 
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/forumdisplay.php?f=176
 
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