Install OS X on your PC
Imagine the amazement on the faces of all your friends when you boot OS X on your PC. I’m not sure how useful or complete this would be but it sure would be cool to boot OS X on the Sony U. You need an OS X CD for this to work but detailed instructions for the install using the free PearPC can be found here.
It actually works really well – in fact, I’ve even install Mac Office into work – works fine (albeit slow).
More ‘tips’ I found during my install:
http://www.furrygoat.com/2004/06/macosx_on_windo.html
Steve, how slow is It? I am seriously considering installing this on the Sony U to have a Mac handheld.
Can you dual boot? Is it worth giving up Windows on the U James?
Also: how would you aquire the drivers (like for the touchscreen, all the buttons and such) to work under the Mac OS?
Just curious…
-arebelspy
If you do install it on the U, I want pictures pictures pictures! In fact, I want your address … heh-heh.
I would dual boot it or not do it. I don’t think there are touch screen drivers for it but it would still be useful without it since the U has such good controls. Besides, it’s to see if it can be done.
It can be done on a — yeaaagh! — XboX –
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~ranma1/mac_install.html
It’s slow. I have a G4/450, and it’s slower than that. But, it works. The install took several hours, I cant get networking working, and typing seems to go in slow motion.
But, it’s fun to play around with.
Are you running it on a U?!!?
I would like to know how well it performs on an athlon64 based machine with 512k of ram? If it can come close to a g4 at 700 to 800mhz its really worth it.
I think it will get EXTREMELY slow if you have just 512K of RAM, lol
SeBsZ
what about an intel celeron d processor 64 bit 3.20 ghz with 1 gig ram?
I got it running on my athlon 64 X2 3800+, with 7900gt working, sound works, and itunes runs smooth as butter.. I wrote how i did it here: http://www.jake.phatoproductions.com/blog in the “operating systems” category
how bout Celeron 2.66GHZ 256 MB SDRAM?