can i make a hackintosh with this hardware
I am fed up with windows, and would like to try osx, but don't have the $$$ to buy a mac, can I run osx on: phenom 2 x4 955 msi 790gx-g65 4gb patriot viper ddr3 1600 asus hd 4870 1gb dk hitachi deskstar 1tb also, i am considering going…
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- @apbrit2009 Published 2010-01-04
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I am fed up with windows, and would like to try osx, but don't have the $$$ to buy a mac, can I run osx on:
phenom 2 x4 955
msi 790gx-g65
4gb patriot viper ddr3 1600
asus hd 4870 1gb dk
hitachi deskstar 1tb
also, i am considering going into video editing, and osx would be better for that
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Well it should be possible, but running Snow Leopard is difficult on AMD (even more than running old Leopard), due to the lack of a Kernel that automatically patches your binaries but if you want to have proper use of your gfx card (including dual monitoring) Snow Leopard is the only choice.
I higly recommend you to put some money into a qualitative, stable mainboard with Intel chipset and an Intel CPU, if you are looking into using it as a productive setup.
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| @apbrit2009 | Primary Author | 1 | 2010-01-04 |
| @Imkantus | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-04 |