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All of you with great knowledge, help me out and I will catalgue the answers a make a a great and full thread dedicated to "Snow Kitty OSx86 Install for Dummies" - sort of a diccionary of concepts to help end honourable) noob spam

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Hi all...

I changed my nickname so as not to create unnecessary conflict.

Briefly, I really need some help - again - but what I do upon success in installing is, instead dissapearing into oblivion, I come back to help other achieve their goals. I love to throw out everything I know.

I do use the search - I have successfully installed 10.4.8, 10.4.9, 10.5.2 and 10.5.6

Plus I have ZERO terminal/linux skills. I have limited "hard core" knowledge. And yet I did manage to figure out how to accomplish it. Identify the need, find the solution and copy/paste!

Now I am in for the Snow Kitty

Snow Leo and the new stuff is really making my head go round in frustration. I am ready to start again with my new laptop, no dual booting, simply dedicated to have the most stable and perfect OS I can.

Please help me, and I for sure will contribute back with guides and tutorials, .dmg images of my install for similar spec'ed users - as I have always done before.

DOUBTS;

Boot 132 vs PC Efi 9 (or the new netkas v10 that says emulating 64bit pages ?!?!?!)... what is the difference? What is best of the best, hassle free, easiest...? Why choose one or the other?

dsdt.aml patching ? I cannot find any info on what the heck, where, when , why, how to do it etc... who needs this and who doesnt?

I've read that Snow Leo resets CMOS and BIOS on every boot on some systems ? isn't this kind of dangerous ? How do I know if I am affected? Any solutions?

modify smbios.kext ? When? who? why? what is it? aaarg!

Please advise me on how to proceed. Here are my specs

Acer 6935g laptop
P8400 C2D @ 2,4 - 1066fsb - (ICH9 - Intel PM45)
Nvidia 9600m GT 512 Gddr3
Sata 320g Seagate 7,200rpm
Wireless Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 (have a broadcom on another lappy I can swap)


thanks in advance!!