[Xander]

So I have been out of the computer scene for a bit now, but I want to build a PC to use OSX and Vista Ultimate on it.

What kind of specs should I be looking at? I would like both operating systems to run quickly, and I'm by no means a gamer, that's why I have my Xbox.

I'm looking for the best bang for my buck. Maybe a AMD Phenom II 920 or 940 or something.

Thanks for your help guys.

[John]

OS X86 will be easier to install and have less problems if you build with components that are identical to a real Mac. I recommend Intel everything. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[!Aznboi128]

^ exactly!

use intel and most compatible hardware as possible

I used q6600 with an Intel mobo, intel on board graphics 2Gb of ram and 250GB harddrive
ran with no problems but once I used my 4870 didnt work, 9800GT didnt work GTX250 worked, so sometimes it might be trial and error

[.Renn.Sport]

i'd just buy a mac and install windows

OSX86 is a pain in the ass to install and get it working, and i had the most compatible hardware. best i could do was install 10.5.2 and found updating it was too annoying so i gave up on OSX86

[TOPEC]

hmm this is interesting, so i'm guessing OSX wont work on a full blown gaming machine eh.

[underscore]

you need to get more specific than bang for your buck.

do you really need OSX? I hackinoshed for a bit but I found it was useless to me anyways so I scrapped it.

[John]

best i could do was install 10.5.2 and found updating it was too annoying so i gave up on OSX86

You should probably forget about doing updates to OS X unless someone else has tested the updates first. You can easily wreck the whole install. The updates aren't really necessary. I haven't update my XP since SP3 came out.

[John]

hmm this is interesting, so i'm guessing OSX wont work on a full blown gaming machine eh.

OS X will work fine for a gaming machine as long as there is driver for the video card. In most case there is a Linux or generic driver that will work. All the other gaming extras like lots of RAM and Overclocking are invisible to the OS. A SoundBlaster card usually never works in OS X (because Macs don't use them).

[TOPEC]

^ ok thanks for the info, BUT, if i use generic video card driver, will it affect rendering performance, like let say, in photoshop?

[underscore]

I'm thinking the best bet is to pick out a Mac with the specs you like, then build it as a PC for half the price, and you shouldn't have any driver issues

[feelthesunrise]

the ideneb release (osx 10.5.6) has a pretty decent list of PC video cards that would work. you can try looking into that one.

this release worked very well for me with the exception of audio but i found linux drivers that worked for my ALC889 onboard sound. here's the system i have with windows 7 and leopard 10.5.6

Gigabyte P35-DS3P Mobo
Intel E6750 OC'ed to 3.2 Ghz
OCZ DDR2-800 Platinum RAM 4GB
E-VGA Nvidia 8600GT

[TOPEC]

i tried looking up OSX86 tutorials on google, and most of them seems to be dead links??
anyone have a GOOD tutorial site? lol.