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Old 01-31-2006
# 9  
Old 02-13-2006
build box for 3 platforms

Hi everyone.

I am a developer who is not commited to any particular platform though I like Unix best. This will be the seventh machine I have built, I want my new one to be able to run Windows XP, Tiger on the Mac and Unix. Not asking for too much really.... This is the kit I am thinking of putting together,

ECS KN1 SLI Motherboard Skt 939 nForce4 SLI 2000FSB DDR400 Sound LAN ATX
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Microprocessor - Venice core, HyperTransportTM technology, SSE3, 512K Cache
1GB DDR 400 MHZ
HDD 160GB, Samsung, SerialATA, 7200, 8192k
GeForce 6600LE SLI Ready Video Card, 256MB,128bit, PCI Express
ATX 350W case + powerSupply 350W
NEC Black DVDRW

Do people think this will work? Obviously budget is an issue. If I could make some savings without sacrificing too much in overall performance, that would be a bonus.

I am shortly to become a dad so i shall be on the hunt for the coolest stuff for ultra newbies! Tips please!

Jingle Jangle
# 10  
Old 02-16-2006
Re: build box for 3 platforms

Jingle Jangle,

You won't get Tiger to run on anything other than Apple Hardware (G5 tower for example) - it is specifially designed and built for Apple's own hardware only. Even with the latest versions of Tiger, designed for Intel based Macs, the same applies. It'll only run on a Mac with an Intel processor in it.

As to the XP & Unix bit, I'm guessing you should be able to run both platforms on the same hardware, though the Unix will most likely have to be a Linux flavour.
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Old 03-02-2006
thats not so true

this is my first post (i'm looking to learn about unix)

ok that out of the way, windows will work no doubt, as for unix i have no idea, but OS X will work wat u have to do is go to the x86 project forums to find out how (i hang there alot). it looks relly cool but i don't have a pc to try it on

x86project.com, pretty sure thats it
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