stevekiss Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hi everyone, I need to build a Snow Leopard hackintosh with a Firewire port for music production. Ideally, it should be a laptop. Most of the suggested compatible hardware I have found online seems to be quite old. Does any one have any good suggestion for a recent laptop model that will work well with Snow Leopard and not have issues with Firewire? I would be happy with any device produced in the last 3 year or so. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamafilm Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Snow Leopard is very old, and doesn't support modern hardware. Why do you want it? If you find a good machine with Thunderbolt, you could use a TB to FW adapter. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekiss Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Snow Leopard is very old, and doesn't support modern hardware. Why do you want it? If you find a good machine with Thunderbolt, you could use a TB to FW adapter. Just a thought. The computer is for a recording studio. I am using an old soundcard whose drivers only work for Snow Leopard. By what I can see, the latest confirmed laptop would be from the HP ProBook 4x03s series. Pretty old but may be my best hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0000-1248 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Latest supported architecture for Snow Leopard is Sandy Bridge. Look for laptops/desktops with a 2000 series CPU. Look for GPU Compatibility (IGPU support is very finicky; most do not work.) Also, a lot of PCs nowadays don't come with DVD drives. You'll need one for Snow Leopard. I built a Snow Leopard rig mid last year using second hand components and it works great (see 2nd PC in my sig). I got the components off eBay, but they still work great if you can find them from reputable sellers. For Intel HD 3000 one must patch one's DSDT. Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero)) { Return (Buffer (One) { 0x03 }) } Return (Package (){ "device-id", Buffer (0x04) { 0x26, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 /* HD 3000 graphics */ }, "model", Buffer (0x18) { "Intel HD Graphics 3000" }, "AAPL,snb-platform-id", Buffer (0x04) { 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00 /* Laptop/mobile layout */ }, "hda-gfx", Buffer (0x0A) { "onboard-1" } }) } If your display resolution is 1600x900 or above add a DualLink parameter and change it to 1. Good luck, - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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