The difference between the two are H series chipset comes with an integrated graphics (in the Sandy Bridge the GPU is within the CPU but with the H series it will enable the Intel HD 3000). Some notes on choosing H-series chipset vs P-series chipset: (DSDT stand for Differentiated System Description Table, in a nutshell you need to modify your DSDT in order for the OS to understand your hardware so it can work more efficiently) Also please choose between Asus and Gigabyte, and don’t buy any other brand motherboard, as this is very important when it comes to editing DSDT after installing the Snow Leopard. If you want to have a faster performance go with the new Sandy Bridge family, Intel has already fixed their Sandy Bridge Chipset (B3 re-version with the fixed chipset) has already start to appear on the market. (of course older chipsets that supports Core 2 Duo/Quad P45/P41 still works) If your goal is to achieve a stable system right now, your best bet is looking into all the P55/H55/X58 chipset motherboards from Asus and Gigabyte. One is go with the previous generation of the Intel Core i3/5/7 CPUs and chipsets (H55/P55/X58) and the other is buying the new Sandy Bridge chipset (P67/H67) along with the latest second generation of the Intel Core i3/5/7. If you are building a new machine that specifically want to make it compatible with SL and Windows 7 dual boot you have two options. This guide will rather focus more on selecting the right hardware for a desktop build from scratch by selecting the right motherboard and CPU and other hardware that are necessary for a working desktop.
If you have an OEM desktop you are facing the same issue with all the Laptop users, which is the limited hardware choice your system have when it comes out with the manufacture. You have more freedom with Desktop since we can always build a desktop from ground up. If you see none, Google is always your friend. If that’s the case, go to this wiki osx86project to check all the hardware compatibility list of Portable Computers for each of the OS X version update.
If your computer is say over 2 or 3 years old it probably will not make it on the list. This list is constantly being updated, and you will only find some of the most recent and popular model being listed in here. It’s a Google Public Doc anyone can view, check out this spreadsheet first, see if your model is listed.
This only leaves all the Intel Laptops, tonymacx86 and all their community users have come up a List of Successful Laptop Install Spreadsheet And I personally I don’t recommend to try to dual boot your netbook knowing that your system is going to be permanently outdated.
Those are all the 32 bit CPUs, that means netbook can only run up to 10.6.1 (the current version is 10.6.7 as of writing this post). Apple has never supported AMD CPUs on their hardware and doesn’t look like they will in the near future.Īs of all the netbooks it is important to note that Apple has stopped support for all Intel Atom CPUs as of 10.6.2. You can stop reading if you have a computer that runs AMD CPU. Here is a good check list to read before any attempt to try to dual boot SL and Windows 7 on your laptop. Laptops and Netbook owners will experience higher difficulty in order to make your system run SL. ( *IMPORTANT* please note we strongly suggests you purchase the retailer version of Snow Leopard from Apple, any none official Snow Leopard image is not recommend and will not be discussed here) Laptop and Netbook
Choosing the right hardware is a VERY important step if you want to have a fully working Snow Leopard on your PC. Part I – Laptop and Desktop Hardware Selectionįirst we will focus on selecting the most compatible and stable hardware.
This guide will be a series of guides on How to Build a Successful Snow Leopard Hackintosh Dual Boot With Windows 7. For the last few years there have been an ever growing interests in the OSx86 project, a lot have changed since we initially post the guide. While the guide is still useful, with the rapid new hardware and software came out recently the guide is become outdated.
It was a little under a year ago, we posted a very general guide on how to dual boot Mac OS X together with Windows 7.