Diamondsami Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Hi I'm thinking to try a retail version of Leopard and for now I'm using xXx 10.5.6 updated to 10.5.8. I was wandering what are the pros. and cons. of going with retail. I heard that you can just reinstall retail without formating your partition, is it true? I have dell inspiron 1525 and for now I only used vanilla kernel so I think I can go in retail. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondsami Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Anyone? Just need and advice which version will be better retail or hacked. I'm using xXx version and I want to know which is better? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1221896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpaderpa Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Heres a question, why do you want to go retail? If something works why switch it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1221965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Heres a question, why do you want to go retail? If something works why switch it? Exactly, I never try the retail version and I have the old Aitkos 1.0i and works like a charm with the latest 10.5.8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1221966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
travishamockery Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Not sure the pro's and con's, but obviously if you have the ability, a retail vanilla would be the best path. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1221969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondsami Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Well I have the power to always screw my installs and every time I had to format the partition, and I heard that with retail you can just reinstall without formating the partition. Is that true? Because if its true that would make it easier when I do something wrong and have to reinstall again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1222061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 It isn't true. You can also reinstall without formatting when using a pre-patched installation DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1222158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippuzzo23 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 if you can, use a retail install. It's by definition "cleaner", and if you do things in the right way you will have less surprises when doing a major update. Try different bootloader, and choose the one that allows you to boot from retail dvd (bootthing for me). Then have a look which kexts you need and put them in the right folders of your bootloader (e.g. ../extra for chamaleon). Then install from retail dvd; if you have problems with audio and/or network probably there is a driver you can install; if you have problems with video (but: choose your card carefully in advance) do some search in the forums, efi injection will probably be your best bet. Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1222169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondsami Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 OK thank you very much for the info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/178918-retail-vs-hacked-version-of-leopard/#findComment-1222206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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