10.5.7 on Mac Hardware Cloned to OSx86

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I posted this on the MSI Wind forum because that's the machine I did this with, so I'll just give the link to that for details: http://forums.msiwind.net/post120706.html#p120706. What may be of more general interest is that the principle - cloning a working Mac-hardware install to a Hackintosh - is valid and will work for other Hackintosh hardware. Basically this is a shortcut of the retail install process, using an already installed and configured system and bringing along all the apps, prefs, and user files in one fell swoop. The process in essence is to use Disk Utility running on the real Mac to clone the Mac-hardware partition, then install EFI and kexts on the cloned drive, then put the cloned drive in the Hackintosh and boot from a retail or other DVD and run Terminal to do what else is required like fix ownership and permissions, then boot the Hackintosh normally and do whatever else (if anything) is needed at that point.