romeo55 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 (edited) A friend of mine is looking to install OS X Tiger on his PC (Dell, P4 w/ sse3 (recent 3.2)) Although, first question. Where can he buy it? Is it even buy able yet? Apparently, he thinks that it's only available for 64bit cpus, is it true? (P4 listed above is 32bit) Yes, he had sse3, so he should be good on that part Thanks BTW: the other option is just telling him to drop $1k on a mac book Edited November 13, 2006 by The Unforgivin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flareback Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 How about apples website Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 How about apples website i was looking at that, but all I've seen about OS X on a PC was the AD Even when looking under tech specs, it doesn't mention anything about it... only about the old power PCs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 release is slated for right after vista for a retail version. it's also EXTREMLY buggy about sound and video setups as of right now. anything creative labs is out of the question (legal reasons). though linux drivers for the 7950GX2 do work with some farting around. I had to install it with an X300 in one slot, load the drivers for the first 7950GX2 in the 2nd slot, then setup SLI and finally install the 2nd 7950GX2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 release is slated for right after vista for a retail version. it's also EXTREMLY buggy about sound and video setups as of right now. anything creative labs is out of the question (legal reasons). though linux drivers for the 7950GX2 do work with some farting around. I had to install it with an X300 in one slot, load the drivers for the first 7950GX2 in the 2nd slot, then setup SLI and finally install the 2nd 7950GX2 meh, i told him and he just went with buying a mac. Says it causes too many headaches thanks guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 to a non computer savy person that's not a bad idea at all. though let him know picking up boot camp and XP pro for it is also a GREAT feature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firky Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Is boot clamp just a fancy way to pick witch Hdd or partition to boot from? the same as going in to your bios and picking your windows hdd or picking your mac hdd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Though this is an old thread, the question is still valid. Yes, Boot Camp is essentially just software that creates a partition to install Windows on and creates a disc of drivers for your Mac that you install in Windows. When the computer starts, you hold a key and a screen loads asking you to pick which partition to load from. Though honestly, if you're using Windows more for casual use than say gaming or other hardware intensive applications, then I would suggest going with Parallels as you can then have the two operating systems running side by side. Much better than having to reboot just to load one or two programs. Now that they have Coherence mode, it's even easier to run since Windows essentially runs like a background process where you can load Windows programs and use them side-by-side with Mac OS X programs. Check out their website for a demonstration, it's pretty neat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firky Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 well i only use windows for gaming and msn messnger as there are not many games on mac. but mac would push and use my hardwear more when using photoshop and other such like apps . maybe make the most out of my e6600. but a friend just told me mac only uses IDE is that right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 I have a SATA drive in my Macbook right now, so I would have to say no, Mac does not just use IDE. In fact, Macs are just regular PCs now but with a modified motherboard and a different OS. That's why Windows will run natively on a Mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firky Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 (edited) could I buy a mac Os on a cd and install it on a second hdd in my current rig? and pick what i wonted to use in my bios? Edited January 19, 2007 by firky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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