Leopard w/ AMD?

[thedguy]

Linux gamers and mac gamers have a lot in common, they used to be gamers or bought a console and said to hell with a game that needs hardware not out for 2 more years to keep up with a 2 year console.

[PacketCollision]

/me raises the ex-gamer flag.

I still play the occasional game of Civ IV (which runs great under Wine) or FreeCiv, (which is an opensource clone of CIV), load up a SNES emulator for some FFIV or Chrono Trigger action, or boot XP and play Bioshock, but I wouldn't have all linux machines and no consoles if I were still a serious gamer.

[FATMOUSE]

Originally Posted by My2ndProject

So...I am getting ready to build my new computer system but I have ran into the problem of deciding which OS I want to run. I am leaning towards Leopard but after doing a little research it seems there are some debatable discussions on whether Mac OS's will run on an AMD platform or not.

I am hoping you tech savvy folks can help me make a decision by offering more details on the installation of Leopard on a PC, why it matters if it is AMD or Intel based?

FYI, I am not into computer gaming much at all so this is not an issue between the OS platforms. If you were building a PC would you build it with an Intel chip and run MacOS or would you build it with any processor you wanted and run Vista? Just looking for opinions and suggestions with their reasoning as to why you would choose one over the other.

To be honest, I have no issues with Windows or Vista, just kind of bored with it if that makes any sense.

They share the same instruction sets. I don't see any reason why not.

[FATMOUSE]

Originally Posted by Vector

Is Ubuntu the best offering out there as a windows alternative?

Let me put it another way, if I wanted DirectX 10 and 4gig ram and all that fun stuff, are there any other options besides Vista? Anything at all?

Ubuntu is one of several linux distributions. Ubuntu is probably the most user friendly, but any of the dostros with enough tweaking can be made to behave like any other. (ie. they all have the same kernel, libs and programs, but some offer different config tools, etc.)

Then there are the BSDs (Open, Free and Net) which might be harder in general.

Then there is OpenSolaris. So pretty much every alternative is a modern Unix-clone.

I use Ubuntu; it is user friendly but I also use it for work (Systems Programming, I'm a CS major in college). I have a copy of Windows XP for legacy apps.

In summary: if you're new to linux, try ubuntu or fedora. Don't do something like installing gentoo or slackware on the get go.

Addendum: DX10 (and Direct X in General) is Microsoft OS only. The others do not have it, since MS only writes it for Windows. So they use OpenGL instead.
Most any modern operating system supports 4GB + of RAM (Linux, OpenSolaris and the BSDs come in 64 bit variants).

[thedguy]

Originally Posted by FATMOUSE

They share the same instruction sets. I don't see any reason why not.

the basic instruction sets are the same, but there are still significant differences. If you go look for various torrents of OSX you'll find AMD specific versions of releases/kernels. Intels may support certain instructions that AMD's don't or vice-versa. I tried installing an intel version on a friends AMD system and it was slower a 90lb woman pushing a 1959 Cadillac up a steep hill in San Francisco.

The main problem stems from chipset support, Mac's run on intels and (almost?) all run on intel chipsets which makes support for amd parts even more reduced.


OT: if you click the "multi" button next to the "quote" button on posts you can do quote several posts at once in a reply. Just click multi on each post you want to quote then click "go advanced" next to the quick post button or " reply" on the far left.

[WillDAQ]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/20/macosx_on_a_pc/ might be helpful...

[enriquesdrj2_8]

im on a hackintosh with 10.5.5 with the latest kernel...working great on my AMD system. If you smart go for the challenge...if not try Intel

other than that Add me on aim if u like and we can talk from there

regards