HCL - Hardware Compatibilty List for Snow Leopard and Lion
The table below has the tested hardware which work perfect with Snow Leopard (32/64) and Lion.
This HCL can be used to buy devices when you build a Hackintosh or if you want to add/replace these devices for your existing Hackintosh/Mac. Easy Buy links are added to the devices to help getting the devices. This would be constantly updated. Most of these devices are using in the official apple computers.
Note : It does not mean that the hardware not listed here does not work with OSX, this table means that the hardware listed here works out of box with OSX or it is easier to make it work with OSX.
| DEVICES | MANUFACTURER | COST(Approx.) | COMMENTS |
| WIFI | 1.Edimax EW-7711UAn (USB)  | $17 / Rs 850 ebay | Good High Gain Wireless adapter with N band technology and lowprice. Complete Snowleopard support with excellent software from Ralink. Default OSX support with Airport. Does not work good with Linux. |
ETHERNET
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1. Apple USB Ethernet adapter
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$30 / Rs 1500
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Default OSX support
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MOTHERBOARDS
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AMAZON
| Gigabyte Motherboards are used in original Mac's so using it for hackintosh is highly recommended. | |
| PROCESSORS | 2.4 GHz (E8135) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB on-chip L2 cache 2.8 GHz (E8235) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache 2.66 GHz (E8135) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB on-chip L2 cache 2.93 GHz (E8335) with 6MB on-chip L2 cache 2.7 GHz i5 (2500S) with 6MB on-chip L3 cache | AMAZON | Since all intel core2 and above processors are supported by default in OSX, this column is just to include the original processor models found on imac,Mac pro & Xserve. |
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