This is a post to hopefully help someone trying to install osx86 on a SSE2 processor.

After one long month of trying to fix various issues with my system such as the dvd player crashing instantly, Quicktime crashing playing divx movies, Toast hanging on launch, system alert sounds sounding scratchy (something related to sample rate conversion I think) – as a last ditch attempt I went out and bought an Athlon X2 4200+ with SSE3 support. This magically fixed all the problems i've been having straight away!

I'm glad to report that my system is now rock solid, with all programs now working as they should. I'm now contemplating removing Vista from my system completely...

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 Mac OS X 10.6.4 Retail || Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz || Gigabyte G31M-ES2L || GeForce 6600 GT 128MB || Realtek ALC883 Audio || Realtek RTL8169 LAN || Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB HD || Sony Dual Layer IDE DVD RW DW-D22A || Apple Aluminium Keyboard || Mighty Mouse

 MacBook Pro || 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo || 200Gb HD || 2Gb Ram || NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

 iPhone 4 || 16Gb