The OSx86 Project Hackintosh Mac/Pc!
What is OSx86?
OSx86 is the “art” of installing and running Mac OS X on a normal ordinary PC rather than a mac. It has evolved a lot over the many years and now we are very close to perfection.
What is the best hardware for OSx86?
You can find the best hardware by looking at other people’s experiences, or looking in the wiki for hardware thats listed as fully compatible. But in a nutshell, this would be generally: A motherboard with a Intel P35 or 975 based chipset (e.g. Gigabyte GA-P35 series, Intel Bad Axe 2, ASUS P5W DH), a GeForce 6600 card or above or an ATI X1300 or higher, and an Intel Core 2 based CPU. There are tons of components that work so its ultimately your decision and your needs that decide what you get.
There are so many distributions available. Which one do I choose?
This will be divided into OS X Tiger and OS X Leopard:
OS X Tiger
For OS X Tiger, there are a ton of distributions you can go with. Eliminate the really old ones (10.4.1-10.4.7) and go for one that is at least 10.4.8. Here is a table of the most popular distributions and their requirements (use this table to choose one that matches your needs):
JaS 10.4.8 AMD Intel SSE2 SSE3
- Compatible with anything
Uphuck 10.4.9 1.3 Series
- Yet another universal DVD that is compatible with just about anything
Uphuck 10.4.9 1.4i Series
- Intel only installation DVD, and it comes at a tiny file size as well
Uphuck 10.4.9 1.4a
- The AMD version of the 1.4i DVD
Kalyway 10.4.10 Intel SSE3 only
- Intel SSE3 only 10.4.10 installation DVD
XxX 10.4.10
- Another Intel only DVD but this one supports SSE2 as well
Tubgirl 10.4.10
- An AMD installation DVD for 10.4.10
XxX 10.4.11
- The only 10.4.11 DVD, SSE2 support is untested and some issues with it were reported
OS X Leopard
Leopard doesn’t have as many distributions as Tiger but it still has quite a few choices:
Leopard Flat Image
- Preinstalled image of Leopard that you write on a hard drive ; outdated
ToH 10.5.0 RC2
- The first OS X installer DVD ; compatible with SSE2/SSE3 but Intel only
BrazilMac
- This is the only DVD that uses an original Leopard DVD and patches it to be hackintosh compatible ; Intel only, SSE2 compatible with a patched kernel
iATKOS 10.5.1 v1.0ir2
- Intel only SSE2/SSE3 installation DVD 10.5.1. Many bootloader issues have been reported with this latest creation from the osx86.turk team
Zephyroth 10.5.1 AMD DVD
- AMD only DVD for 10.5.1 installs
Kalyway 10.5.1
- Intel only SSE2/SSE3 DVD, many success stories with this DVD
Zephyroth 10.5.2 Rev. 1
- The first 10.5.2 DVD and its AMD only 
Leo4All 10.5.2 Universal
- Leo4All is a rather new distro of Leopard OSx86 that works on any Intel/AMD SSE2/SSE3 system
Kalyway 10.5.2 Intel/AMD SSE2/SSE3 Universal
- The new 10.5.2 version of the popular Kalyway DVD with AMD test support!
Where do I download these DVDs?
ROAW NEWS does not support pirating so no links will be posted, but you can find most of these easily by searching for the DVD name + torrent. Anyway, most of these are available at the usual torrent places, the bay of pirates, a small nova, a place where rocks are broken, and some others. They will come in ISO files, ZIP files, or RAR files ranging anywhere from 1GB to 4.7GB.
MORE INFORMATION:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Installation_Guides
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