Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,891 · 2008-03-29 → 2008-04-02
#978 by Dispatches #1,287 by Author Reads #2,095 by Thread Reach Member #1,891 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86

@klaatu

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (8,707 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 113,060 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #978 of 6,691
Author Reads 8,707 Ranked #1,287 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 113,060 Ranked #2,095 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 4,354 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,891 Joined 2008-03-29
Active Window 2008 2008-03-29 → 2008-04-02
Archive Standing
#978 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #1,287 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,707 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,095 by Thread Reach (113,060 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,891 · Joined 2008-03-29
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AMD OSx86 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (88%)
10.X Core
1 (12%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @klaatu (2)

8,707 cumulative reads on threads started by @klaatu

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Zephyroth rev2 OpenOffice X11 etc
I'm very new to all this. I've installed Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev2 and all seems to be working very well - great job! I'd like to install OpenOffice, and I gather I need to install X11 first. I don't remember there being an option to install…
Leopard 10.56,035 reads
2008-03-29 · 24 notes
(Dar)wine slow
Does anyone else find that Wine is slow with osx86, in the graphics department? I'm using 10.5.2 and have an Nvidia 6600GT. A Windows mapping program that I use redraws the screen quite slowly, and in Half-Life 2 I get about 8 fps, even…
Leopard 10.52,672 reads
2008-04-01 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @klaatu contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
XBench Scores
“My results: Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev.2 Abit AV8 mobo Athlon 64 3200+ 2GB DDR-400 RAM Nvidia 6800GT 256MB AGP Maxtor 7L250S0 Results 39.25 CPU Test 65.73 Thread Test 70.75 Memory Test 107.13 Quartz Graphics Test 27.80 OpenGL Graphics Test 58.19 …”
10.X Core2008-04-02
104,353 dossier reads
Zephyroth rev2 OpenOffice X11 etc
“I'd be interested in that Could you email it to me, please? And if so, how can I send you my email address privately? Can I use this "whisper" thing?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-29
6,035 dossier reads
Zephyroth rev2 OpenOffice X11 etc
“I don't think there is an X11 option, in rev2 anyway.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-29
6,035 dossier reads
Zephyroth rev2 OpenOffice X11 etc
“OK - thanks for that, I'll have a look at neo office. I take it this means I won't be able to run Darwine either?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-29
6,035 dossier reads
Zephyroth rev2 OpenOffice X11 etc
“Many thanks to you too lanxxx”
Leopard 10.52008-03-29
6,035 dossier reads