Seeing as Dell is the official supplier of computers at our office, well I had to get a Dell. So I got an Optiplex 755 with a Q6700 processor (2.66 Ghz Quad Core Duo / 1066 Mhz FSB) with the hopes of installing OS X 10.5.2 onto it. Thanks to the the kind folks involved in the OSx86 Project I was able to do so without too much hassle.
I’m thankful that this is possible, though seeing as we’re very dependant on Windows there have been some growing pains in terms of adapting my new Hackintosh to this environment. Here is a list of some of the bridges I needed to cross:
- VMWare Fusion : Its the first time I use this software and well I’m delighted to be using it. I can easily setup new testing PCs by simply creating a new VMWare instances.
- Automount Maker : This tool accomplishes the very simple task of connecting me to a Windows share on a domain. For some reason this method seemed to work better than using the mount -t smb shell command or the mount volume AppleScript snippet. At some point I plan on trying to use MacFuse w/ smbnetFS.
- Informix : IBM’s website is hella confusing (or maybe its just me). I can find support documents without too much difficulty though when trying to locate the related (necessary) files to download there are no direct links to them. As a result you have to browse through hoops of ambiguous terms a few times before finding the relevant file(s). In this case I was searching for the Informix Client SDK 3.50 for OS X. I was able to locate IDS 11.5 Developer Edition, which I hope contains the CSDK that I’m searching for (it was still downloading when I left this evening).
As well I’m probably going to get an Apple keyboard, I’ve quickly discovered that using a PC keyboard while using OS X, then switching back and forth within VMWare Fusion, can be kind of annoying.
Overall, I’m happy to have a Mac at work.
Hey, which image did you use? Kalyway? What stuff works and what doesn’t? Are you still using it?