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Install OSX Lion in your PC simple foolproof retail USB install method


King of the jungle is here, so Hackintosh-India with it's latest simplest know-how on installing Lion on PC.



Shall we cut to the game ?






Install Snowleopard in your PC/Laptop Using Retail disc -without Leopard using Bootcd


At last here we come up with the latest and most easiest way to install Snowleopard Operating system on PC using Hackintosh-India patched Bootcd and MacOSX Retail install disc.
[Updated] V2.0 Legacy Boot cd supporting wide range of AMD/pentium/Atom processors.
[Updated] V2.0 Boot cd supporting wide range of intel core based processors.


With this method you can get your hackintosh running in minutes and the best part is you need not have to install Leopard to install Snowleopard.






Hardware Compatibility List





HCL - Hardware Compatibilty List for Leopard and Snowleopard

The HCL table  has the tested hardware which work perfect with Leopard and Snow Leopard (32/64). 
This HCL can be used to buy devices when you build your own Hackintosh from the ground up or if you want to add/replace these devices for your existing Hackintosh/Mac. It is now easy for you to know what Ethernet card, wifi card is supported natively by your snow leopard/leopard. Easy Buy links are added to the devices to help getting the devices. This would be constantly updated. Please comment if you are aware of any devices which works as good or better than these and it will be added to the list. 
Check the HCL  here.



Install Snowleopard in your AMD-Pentium-4/D/M ATOM computers



a. Follow Step 1-16 from here.

b. Download legacy kernel 10.6.8 from Downloads.

c. Install the kernel to the Snow leopard partition.

d. Restart, boot with -v -f

e. To upgrade - Install the update, make sure you install the nawcom kernel again to the root drive before restart.




Screencast -Parallelization using Parallel's Desktop™ in Snowleopard Hackintosh


Parallels Desktop ™ - Is a virtualization software from Parallels, inc., for OSX. They were the first to bring hardware virtualization support to the intel macs.
Lot of improvements have gone to the latest version of their software Parallels Desktop V5.0  ever since its first release in 2006.
Parallels Desktop brings in a new feature with every new release.
We will discuss some of them and also see the screencast of Windows xp running on Parallels Desktop in Snowleopard 10.6.2  Hackintosh/Mac .

   
Windows XP sp2 on Snow leopard through Parallels Desktop 5.0 -



To start with like all mac softwares Parallells Desktop is very user friendly.





Sony Vaio UX modded into a Quad booting Hackintosh




Sony has stopped updating its famous UMPC  Vaio UX since 2007,
But the guys at MicroPCTalk has not pulled the screens yet !!
They have created yet another wonder , The quadbooting VaioUX
Hackintosh UMPC beast !!
They have modded the latest version of Vaio UX (2007),with all latest goodies.
To get you an idea of what has changed under the hood,


Processor - 
Fom original Core2 Solo @ 1.2GHz  to Core2Duo @ 1.33 GHz overclocked to 1.438 GHz !!

Storage -
From original 48GB SSD to 128GB Runcore Pro IV SSD.

Modem-
Huwei terminal E169 offering HSDPA/UMTS (900/2100MHz) 3G data up to 7.2mbps, GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) voice calling and texting has been added.


Wifi-
From original Intel 3945ABG (Which is unsupported by OSX, but thanks to project camphor has released  pre-alpha driver for it) has been changed to Intel 4965 AGN card which offers Wifi A/B/G/N functions under OSX.


So the grand finale??


Yes it boots OSX and not just that, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows VIsta Business and Windows XP Professional too.. Oooh la la.




This may be the smallest 3G capable mac in town!! thanks to Huwaei E169 terminal.


SOURCE : umpcportal, micropctalk




OS XBOX PRO - Case mod extravaganza







WillUrbina has made one of the best ever Case Mod or may be the best case mod for an OSX machine.
This Xbox OSX Case mod runs OSX,Windows7 and Ubuntu through the Efi-x dongle. This beast hides within itself a 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550s paired with an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT card, 8GB of RAM, an 16GB SSD, and four traditional hard drives: one each to boot Windows 7 and OS X, and two 500GB 7,200rpm drives in a RAID0 array for video editing.
He say's he built this machine for using Final Cut Pro  for $1,500 and he says it mathches $4,500 Mac Pro !!

SOURCE : Willudesign 




The Atom debate in Hackintosh forums


It seems there is a debate on the support for  Atom processors in the Hackintosh forums,


A guy named Mach VoluM says there is Atom  CPU support  in the 10.6.2 updated kernel,
He says he is running 10.6.2 in his Atom based machine.
He posted his kernel information in insanelywind forum,




Where as stell's blog says that this guy is faking up with  10.6.0 kernel. stell's blog has a pic showing the proof with the kernel date.
He has put a kernel version pic of his friend running 10.6.0 kernel.




He has also posted a pic of a 10.6.2 kernel from a core2duo System.






Well the only way to make sure is inputs from various intel Atom based Hackintosher's. So flood your comments guyz.


SOURCE : insanelywind , Stell's blog