Borne Games Forum » Tag: Snow Leopard - Recent Posts

LifeInAnEgg on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

LifeInAnEgg — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:55:52 +0000

This might not be related at all, but I got a boot-cd of linux with a magzine. When you pop that in your pc, and you start it up, you press F12 or so, and you can choose between different drives. When you choose C://, it runs windows, when you choose the cd, it runs linux. Maybe you can have 2 HDD's, one windows, one mac. Or you can have one 1TB HDD for storing pictures and stuff, and two 64GB SSD's for the OS, one for mac, one for pc. That way, you can transfer files between your 2 OSs. Also, a SSD for the OS really speeds up the bootup time

WJUK on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

WJUK — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:39:44 +0000

If you purchased it legally, you're best bet is to attempt to contact Apple themselves (or whoever sold it to you).

zatipnis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

zatipnis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:25:11 +0000

a hackintosh is a specially built computer in an attempt to make it compatible with OSX. they don't tweak their installer to block incompatible hardware, they just don't include the files required to support that hardware.

Nyubis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

Nyubis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:23:25 +0000

zatipnis said:
if its not that... my cd works, my processor checks out, and so does all the other hardware... what is the problem?

also, i'm not trying to build a hackintosh, i'm trying to avoid building one, but if it comes down to that, i ges I'll have to spend some more money.

I think a Hackingtosh includes every computer that's not a Mac but has OS X installed on it, which seems is what you're trying to do. And Apple doesn't want that, so I figure they tweak their installation program to block specific hardware (aka hardware that's not used by Apple). I think a VM would be your best option at this point.

Also, what kind of school uses software that only works on a Mac?

zatipnis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

zatipnis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:40:59 +0000

DrNeroCF said:
This is old but, there's no 32 bit or 64 bit disk for Snow Leopard, they're all the same thing...

I think he's trying to build a hackintosh, which is pretty difficult unless you set out and buy specific parts, probably better off dredging a hackintosh forum.

Macs don't have 32 / 64 bit problems

if its not that... my cd works, my processor checks out, and so does all the other hardware... what is the problem?

also, i'm not trying to build a hackintosh, i'm trying to avoid building one, but if it comes down to that, i ges I'll have to spend some more money.

zatipnis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

zatipnis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:39:35 +0000

DrNeroCF said:
This is old but, there's no 32 bit or 64 bit disk for Snow Leopard, they're all the same thing...

I think he's trying to build a hackintosh, which is pretty difficult unless you set out and buy specific parts, probably better off dredging a hackintosh forum.

Macs don't have 32 / 64 bit problems

if its not that... my cd works, my processor checks out, and so does all the other hardware... what is the problem?

redligot2009 on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

redligot2009 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:44:31 +0000

err.... I has no mac

WJUK on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

WJUK — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:15:55 +0000

Interesting, I guess it's easier when you develop the hardware and software in conjunction.

Still, quite impressive.

ICARAX on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

ICARAX — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:05:17 +0000

WJUK said:
Are Macs just sticking with 32-bit?

That's interesting, I'd have thought Apple would've tried to push some 64-bit stuff.

DrNeroCF on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

DrNeroCF — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:21:12 +0000

Apple's been pretty seamless about 32 bit vs 64 bit. I believe the core duos were the only CPUs that were 32 bit, but they all can run 32 bit natively. The only problem was the 32 bit EFI, which my 1.1 Mac Pro has, so I can address more than 4 gigs of RAM, but I can't run 64 bit drivers, or something. Unless I technically turn my Mac into a hackintosh and emulate the EFI, but there's not really that many benefits, think I could run more GPUs, but they wouldn't fit anyway, heh.

dogman on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

dogman — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:14:29 +0000

mac os x 10.5 released in 2007: "The single DVD works for all supported Macs (including 64-bit machines)"
mac os x 10.6 released in 2009: "new 64-bit technology capable of supporting greater amounts of RAM"

So no. They are not sticking with 32-bit.

WJUK on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

WJUK — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:50:05 +0000

Are Macs just sticking with 32-bit?

That's interesting, I'd have thought Apple would've tried to push some 64-bit stuff.

DrNeroCF on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

DrNeroCF — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:23:05 +0000

This is old but, there's no 32 bit or 64 bit disk for Snow Leopard, they're all the same thing...

I think he's trying to build a hackintosh, which is pretty difficult unless you set out and buy specific parts, probably better off dredging a hackintosh forum.

Macs don't have 32 / 64 bit problems

WJUK on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

WJUK — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:21:49 +0000

Ah 32 and 64-bit problems. Always fun.

ICARAX on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

ICARAX — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:29:15 +0000

So... case closed? :/

zatipnis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

zatipnis — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:12:03 +0000

I cant install OSX without the cd therefor I can partition, but not with HFS+ and I cant boot to the OSX hd with out it installed, and I can install it without a working CD, and the CD doesnt work!!!!!!!!!!

... I figured out the problem. my Snow Leopard disk is for 32-bit, my computer is 64-bit. I tested disk on virtual machine, it worked fine but VM was 32-bit, not 64.

ICARAX on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

ICARAX — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:09:36 +0000

Ok, just partition your hard-drive into 2. With Windows on one, and OSX on the other.
You can choose to boot into either during start-up.

i believe this is exactly what my friend did. i think.

WJUK on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

WJUK — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:57:50 +0000

Ok, just partition your hard-drive into 2. With Windows on one, and OSX on the other.

You can choose to boot into either during start-up.

ICARAX on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

ICARAX — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:07:15 +0000

i see. this makes more sense. GET ON ZBOOK!

i need to tell you something.

zatipnis on "LOOKING FOR A MAC GEEK to answer a question."

zatipnis — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:01:58 +0000

I know I can run a virtual machine(VM) besides, I'd have to but a vm software to run osx (no free ones do). waste of money If I have a perfectly good computer to run OSX on. If not, then F*** OSX WINDOWS WILL DO and better price too.