Running Mac OS X on Intel Pentium IV

Mac OS X



Windows XP


These are expectable screen shot of Mac OS X and Windows XP. (these are not mine, just to show what we can expect to see).

I have tested running Mac OS X on Intel Pentium IV on a partition. This is my experience.

I have formatted and executed Norton PartionMagic 8.05 to partition my hard disk. I have just added a new hard disk, 320GB, making the total space I have 600GB. One partition at 50GB.

Previously, I installed Windows Vista. Though it has good interface, nice to use, but it didn't come to my expectation of easeness to XP likeness. So, I decided to install Windows XP. Having so much problem due to jumper and BIOS settings, I grab Mac OS X and installed onto second partition of first hard disk.

Things went smoothly and the interface was great!

Later, when I tried to install Windows XP and worked, i tried to boot to Mac OS, but I don't know how.

Only a week later, when I decided to search though Google, with this keyword "dual boot windows xp mac os x", I found a website giving instruction, damn easy instruction and using file CHAIN01 and change (by adding single line) in boot.ini that allows me to select Mac OS X boot partition.

So, now I can use both Windows XP and Mac OS X.

Unlike the so many myths online, I am running Mac OS X natively without making any patches. But, still I am having little problems, image file (JPEG, PNG) cannot be viewed using default program and I cannot even play DiVx files. Bad though, because I don't know where to find those program. I am not fluent in Mac OS X.

So, if anyone need helps to install or booting Windows XP and Mac OS X, please post a comment, or contact me and I shall write a simple tutorial here.

Will update "screen capture" (using Nikon camera).


Until then and best wishes.

Adhall W. Idrewoods