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nathan123 · 17-04-07, 01:50 AM

I have OSX running on my standard desktop, i have it on a spare hard drive which i can boot from, still have XP on my main hard drive. It took a little working to do, you need a USB mouse and keyboard to load in the PS/2 drivers, but its all working fine now

Annabell · 28-05-07, 05:56 PM

Hello nathan123

Did you have any problems with Windows XP concerning Dual Boot in to OSX ?, if you don't mind me asking

nathan123 · 28-05-07, 10:28 PM

No but i have them both on seperate hard drives, but i did have to disconnect my MAC one when installing XP, as it wanted to add boot files to it. I know that if you install MAC first, there is something called Boot Camp which means you can install XP afterwards

Attached is a screenshot of my "mac" lol, it says i have a 3GHz AMD, but its a 3000+ chip

Annabell · 28-05-07, 10:38 PM

Hi nathan123

I thought you would be using two HDDs, i have been reading recently upon Mac Boot Camp "Imagen Vista & Leopard"

thank you for showing the pic.

Apple - Boot Camp

nathan123 · 31-05-07, 02:58 PM

As far as im aware this will work, but with it not actually being a mac im not 100% on it. I would say the easier option would be to have an old pc or a small hard drive (at least 10GB) and install MAC on that

Annabell · 02-06-07, 02:41 PM

Hi Nathan

yes that sounds good, going to need 1GB Ram and a 1/2 decent GPU for the Vista 1/2.

leythdave · 03-09-07, 05:27 PM

i have 2 drives on my pc. how would i install mac osx on the second one?? would there be any clashes with xp?

Annabell · 03-09-07, 07:51 PM

Hi leythdave

In a word yes there would be clashes, and only quite recently has it been possible to run Mac OSX on PC hardware via an emulator, Windows on a Mac Yes - easy !, but for what you want to do you need to do some research first, so a good place to start is > Here, please let us know how the project works out if you decide to go ahead.

Ann

17-04-07, 01:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
nathan123 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	OSX on a PC I have OSX running on my standard desktop, i have it on a spare hard drive which i can boot from, still have XP on my main hard drive. It took a little working to do, you need a USB mouse and keyboard to load in the PS/2 drivers, but its all working fine now

28-05-07, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Annabell Computing Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC Hello nathan123 Did you have any problems with Windows XP concerning Dual Boot in to OSX ?, if you don't mind me asking

28-05-07, 10:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Annabell Computing Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC Hi nathan123 I thought you would be using two HDDs, i have been reading recently upon Mac Boot Camp "Imagen Vista & Leopard" thank you for showing the pic. Apple - Boot Camp

31-05-07, 02:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
nathan123 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC As far as im aware this will work, but with it not actually being a mac im not 100% on it. I would say the easier option would be to have an old pc or a small hard drive (at least 10GB) and install MAC on that

02-06-07, 02:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Annabell Computing Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC Hi Nathan yes that sounds good, going to need 1GB Ram and a 1/2 decent GPU for the Vista 1/2.

03-09-07, 05:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
leythdave Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leigh,Lancs. Posts: 270 Thanks: 4 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC i have 2 drives on my pc. how would i install mac osx on the second one?? would there be any clashes with xp?

03-09-07, 07:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Annabell Computing Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Re: OSX on a PC Hi leythdave In a word yes there would be clashes, and only quite recently has it been possible to run Mac OSX on PC hardware via an emulator, Windows on a Mac Yes - easy !, but for what you want to do you need to do some research first, so a good place to start is > Here, please let us know how the project works out if you decide to go ahead. Ann __________________ As tonight is my last night in England i will be here, coz love you all lots.