is it worth the 4.6gb of download ?
and the fact that i have to format a partition for it?

> is it worth the 4.6gb of download ?

Do you want to run any OSX apps? If you just want to check it out, get the vmware image instead. I find it worth it because I need to use Garage Band. In the end if you just want to use your computer, I find OSX is fast and easy.

If you want to play games and try bleeding edge emulators and stuff you may be out of luck. Also all those PSP downgrader tools etc are for Windows, so you'll probably want VMWare or darwine if you run OSX. For day to day shit like browsing the web and IM, I find it really nice to use. Lots of good apps, emus, and tools (especially for hacking) are ported to OSX.

If you get the latest version of osx86 then chances are not a lot of drivers will be out for it. There are lots of different distributions of osx86 by different people, make sure you get the right one for your system. There are Intel or AMD versions, and some include extra drivers and kernels and some don't. The more included, the more chance you have of finding something compatible with your hardware. Look on a hardware compatibility list on http://www.osx86project.org/ first.

> and the fact that i have to format a partition for it?

You might as well just run it as your main OS, dual booting is possible but it's going to be a pain in the ass if you have to reinstall Windows or something.

If you have hardware close enough to a Mac then it's best to use the EFI loader, if not then you can't really update kernels unless you download a patched one, so you can't use Apple Software Updates.

Everything runs fine though once installed and it's just like using a mac. The only bitch is if you have incompatible hardware and can't get sound or accelerated video or something, but I haven't had that problem. It's cheap enough to go out and buy hardware equivalent to an iMac, you could do it for $200 easy. Might as well just have a separate dedicated machine.

> > is it worth the 4.6gb of download ?
>
> Do you want to run any OSX apps? If you just want to check it out, get the
> vmware image instead.
>
> > and the fact that i have to format a partition for it?
>
> You might as well just run it as your main OS, dual booting is possible but it's
> going to be a pain in the ass if you have to reinstall Windows or something.
>
> If you have hardware close enough to a Mac then it's best to use the EFI loader,
> if not then you can't really update kernels unless you download a patched one,
> so you can't use Apple Software Updates.
>
> Everything runs fine though once installed and it's just like using a mac. The
> only bitch is if you have incompatible hardware and can't get sound or
> accelerated video or something, but I haven't had that problem. It's cheap
> enough to go out and buy hardware equivalent to an iMac, you could do it for
> $200 easy. Might as well just have a separate dedicated machine.
>

> Do you want to run any OSX apps? If you just want to check it out, get the
> vmware image instead. I find it worth it because I need to use Garage Band. In
> the end if you just want to use your computer, I find OSX is fast and easy.
>
> If you want to play games and try bleeding edge emulators and stuff you may be
> out of luck. Also all those PSP downgrader tools etc are for Windows, so you'll
> probably want VMWare or darwine if you run OSX. For day to day shit like
> browsing the web and IM, I find it really nice to use. Lots of good apps, emus,
> and tools (especially for hacking) are ported to OSX.

Just wanted to check, got curious about it, since i was using a mac a couple of days ago. But i really donīt have any thing osx specifically that i need. Just for fun, i guess.

> If you get the latest version of osx86 then chances are not a lot of drivers
> will be out for it. There are lots of different distributions of osx86 by
> different people, make sure you get the right one for your system. There are
> Intel or AMD versions, and some include extra drivers and kernels and some
> don't. The more included, the more chance you have of finding something
> compatible with your hardware. Look on a hardware compatibility list on
> http://www.osx86project.org/ first.

I did get a look, and aparentely, my videocard is not supported ? I will look further into it.

> > and the fact that i have to format a partition for it?
> You might as well just run it as your main OS, dual booting is possible but it's
> going to be a pain in the ass if you have to reinstall Windows or something.
>
> If you have hardware close enough to a Mac then it's best to use the EFI loader,
> if not then you can't really update kernels unless you download a patched one,
> so you can't use Apple Software Updates.
>
> Everything runs fine though once installed and it's just like using a mac. The
> only bitch is if you have incompatible hardware and can't get sound or
> accelerated video or something, but I haven't had that problem. It's cheap
> enough to go out and buy hardware equivalent to an iMac, you could do it for
> $200 easy. Might as well just have a separate dedicated machine.

True that, but i donīt want a dedicated machine for osx.
I might just run through vmware, but that is just too slow sometimes.
But it might be worth a shot.
Donīt have any intentions of running it as my main os. Iīm doing just fine with XP, especially since i use some windows only recording software that i like.

But thanks for the information, i started downloading what appears to be a right version for my hardware.
Iīll let you know how it goes..

> I did get a look, and aparentely, my videocard is not supported ? I will look
> further into it.

There's always the option of using vesa mode, and it works ok but doesn't look as nice as hardware acceleration (the mouse cursor flickers when you move it around or if there is background animation, videos will play slow full-screen, etc)

> True that, but i donīt want a dedicated machine for osx.
> I might just run through vmware, but that is just too slow sometimes.
> But it might be worth a shot.
> Donīt have any intentions of running it as my main os. Iīm doing just fine with
> XP, especially since i use some windows only recording software that i like.

Yeah it's not really worth screwing up your system over... Anyway if you were going to use it as your main OS, you could always run parallels or darwine or VMWare Player in OSX. It's actually not as bad as you'd think. I really haven't had to actually start Windows in a long ass time, and the only recent Windows software I used were tools for flashing a PSP, Safari 3.1 for Windows (just to check it out) and Buzz Machines, but they all worked fine in wine.

> But thanks for the information, i started downloading what appears to be a right
> version for my hardware.
> Iīll let you know how it goes..

Hope it works!