What newer machines can boot Snow Leopard?

[billbo]

I had it extremely easy in the Leo/Snow Leo days.

The first real complication I ever had was fixed simply by extracting a DSDT that someone sent me with the same build.

I know, I know, you've had it soooo hard!

 

That said, my 12 year old workhorse (Core2Duo, USB issues) is dying.

 

I know upon reading the title one might wonder:

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"What the bleep does he still use Snow Leopard for?"

...simply put, Rosetta.

Actually, Genius makes the best playlists when run from SL, so there's that

...and maybe some nostalgia gaming from time to time. 

 

Tempting as it is to buy a used Snow Leo era Mac-Mini, I still need access to old SCSI drives/RAID/arrays.

So I need expansion.

 

2012 12-Core Mac Pro's these days are priced way more than I think a 7 year computer should be.

 

From the sheer volume of data at InsanelyMac I know a couple of things:

"the build" is half the fun

"the build" is also one hundred percent the frustration.

I currently have enough of the latter at present. 

 

So,

Currently I'm using a i5-2.4GHz Thinkpad that I hate (ol'lady's hand-me-down)

 

Via eBay, it seems Haswell desktops are within my "acceptable" ($200-350) price range.

 

Are they capable of booting SL?

Are newer generations capable as well?

Is that a hamster pelt on Donald Trump's head?

 

Seeking your "off the shelf - out of the box"-type experiences.

 

I know I'm not around here a lot, but drop in time to time.

When new releases/updates have me stumped (switching to Clover and installing El Capitan come to mind) I find coming back to what got me started is always a safe bet for answers you need and hopefully I'll find some more.

-Billbo

[Guest millusions]

hey mate,

 

i think it might be easier to run High Sierra or Mojave if you have the graphics card and do Lion in vmware fusion.

unless you're willing to go back to Chameleon days.

i found there is very little support for Mavericks and clover, as in if you have a problem you will be flat out finding someone with the same problem.

 

move on from your SCSI drives and SL. it's time

 

or get a mac pro 3.1 they are quite cheap on gumtree. or even 1.1 they're like 100$

 

if you persist with SL and haswell you're in for a world of pain