OSX?

Mithosphere · December 12th, 2006

Ok so i was talking with the accompianist here, and he was building a computer for use with OSX. Now i know not all hardware works with OSX, but if one was so inclined to use OSX over Windows, what hardware works with it? Like will the new wave of gpus work with it as well as last year's wave and all of the nifty mobos, like will OSX recognize (primarily) windows based hardware?

Panda Man · December 12th, 2006

As far as CPUs go, I believe any CPU based off the x86 Architecture will work. And anything supported by Linux/Unix will probably work with OSX, since both OSX and Linux are Unix Based.

Also:

Like will the new wave of gpus work with it as well as last year's wave and all of the nifty mobos, like will OSX recognize (primarily) windows based hardware?

no hardware is based off windows. Windows is based off the hardware, same with Linux and OSX

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 12th, 2006

nVidia video cards don't support QE and CI, something you'll need to run FCP (there are ghetto ways around this). ATI's support it straight up.

The major problem is wireless cards and audio drivers. Check the hardware compatibility guides over here and make sure your motherboard carries a working chipset.
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

I know because I dual-boot XP and OSX.

yurimxpxman · December 12th, 2006

Apple uses proprietary hardware. You can't just build any old AMD64 machine and expect OS X to run on it. It doesn't work that way. They use the same CPUs now, but that's basically the extent of their compatibility (heck I'm not even sure if they use the same pin keying). Whatever internal hardware you get for use with OS X must come from an Apple store.

Mithosphere · December 12th, 2006

what about newegg?

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 12th, 2006

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Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

Apple uses proprietary hardware. You can't just build any old AMD64 machine and expect OS X to run on it. It doesn't work that way. They use the same CPUs now, but that's basically the extent of their compatibility (heck I'm not even sure if they use the same pin keying). Whatever internal hardware you get for use with OS X must come from an Apple store.

Did you completely miss my post Yuri? I'm running OSX flawlessly on my Dell.

yurimxpxman · December 12th, 2006

NewEgg has Apple hardware in their Apple & Mac section, but if you're building a Mac, be sure not to buy parts from any other section of their website.

wtcnbrwndo4u · December 12th, 2006

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Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

NewEgg has Apple hardware in their Apple & Mac section, but if you're building a Mac, be sure not to buy parts from any other section of their website.

I still don't think you're getting it. OSX runs fine on non-Apple components. It just depends on the configs.

yurimxpxman · December 12th, 2006

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Did you completely miss my post Yuri? I'm running OSX flawlessly on my Dell.

I read your post, and what you're running is illegal. We do not condone such activities, and discussing wares is a good way to get a thread locked.

screwballl · December 12th, 2006

Heres the wiki on it:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL

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Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	OSX? Ok so i was talking with the accompianist here, and he was building a computer for use with OSX. Now i know not all hardware works with OSX, but if one was so inclined to use OSX over Windows, what hardware works with it? Like will the new wave of gpus work with it as well as last year's wave and all of the nifty mobos, like will OSX recognize (primarily) windows based hardware? Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

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Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: OSX? As far as CPUs go, I believe any CPU based off the x86 Architecture will work. And anything supported by Linux/Unix will probably work with OSX, since both OSX and Linux are Unix Based. Also: Like will the new wave of gpus work with it as well as last year's wave and all of the nifty mobos, like will OSX recognize (primarily) windows based hardware? no hardware is based off windows. Windows is based off the hardware, same with Linux and OSX Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

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wtcnbrwndo4u Teh Brown Staffer Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,302	Re: OSX? nVidia video cards don't support QE and CI, something you'll need to run FCP (there are ghetto ways around this). ATI's support it straight up. The major problem is wireless cards and audio drivers. Check the hardware compatibility guides over here and make sure your motherboard carries a working chipset. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page I know because I dual-boot XP and OSX. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

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yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	Re: OSX? Apple uses proprietary hardware. You can't just build any old AMD64 machine and expect OS X to run on it. It doesn't work that way. They use the same CPUs now, but that's basically the extent of their compatibility (heck I'm not even sure if they use the same pin keying). Whatever internal hardware you get for use with OS X must come from an Apple store.

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Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: OSX? what about newegg? Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

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yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	Re: OSX? NewEgg has Apple hardware in their Apple & Mac section, but if you're building a Mac, be sure not to buy parts from any other section of their website.

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screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,277 Blog Entries: 6	Re: OSX? Heres the wiki on it: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.