Before you start

There are few obvious things you need to remember about, before you’ll start to experiment with your computer.

• First of all it’s a back up.

Simple task, but remember that during the installation you will format the computer’s drive.

Formatting=erasing, so back up your important files, documents, music, movies, pictures… etc. Whatever you wanna keep. But wait… You are doing it regularly, don’t you?

Anyway, even if you do check again to be sure you have everything. If you are running hackintosh right now maybe you have some custom presets in Photoshop folder? Codecs for QuickTime? Your favorite archive utility? That’s just a few suggestions, so double check.

If you are on Windows right now, maybe there are some programs you want to keep just in case? You can install them on another PC or give to someone else.

• Second thing is to prepare an external drive (pen drive would be perfect) with files you will need after installation.

It’s always good to be prepared.

I now you don’t want to wait anymore and have your hackintosh ready as soon as possible, but not everything will be working perfectly after installation. Use the time you’re connected to internet. I will update you with the files you need soon.

• Third is an empty CD or DVD disc for burning iso file with our bootloader.

You can not move further without it.

If you are on hackintosh scene for a while, then you know why and there is nothing to explain about it.

If you are totally new, then you need to know that inserting the Snow Leopard installation disc into your drive will not work.

Why? Simply because Apple OS X is not designed to be install on any other computer but only made by Apple.

You can try if you want, but trust me it won’t work.

We will come back to this topic.

• Fourth and the last is an retail disc with Snow Leopard.

Now, let’s move into this topic a little bit.

There are two ways you can get it. First one it’s the one that probably most of you (unfortunately) will go for. You can simply download iso file of the installation disc from torrents, rapidshare, hotfile and many other sharing sites. I can understand that you want to try the software before buying it, but there is absolutely no reason why you don’t buy your own copy from Apple once you’ve tried it and decided to stick with it.

Hopefully you will go for that second option. Come on guys, it costs 29 $, there absolutely no excuse for not buying it. Simple as that.

And just to clarify I have my own original retail disc with Snow Leopard. I paid for it 40 $ as I’m not living in US, but in one of these more expensive countries, where everything costs more. I don’t regret spending that money and I will do same again if I have to. It’s a bargain ! If you don’t want to buy it then you have another option: just stay with Windows. But just to let you know Windows 7 Home Premium starts with 120 $ for single PC (full Ultimate version is 320 $), so ???

What’s gonna be ?