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LaFemme69
04-15-2010, 04:02 AM
wondering if anyone can help me decide.

are there any advantages or disadvantages in installing either SnowOSX (like iAtkios, Ideneb, Kalyway....) or Retail Snow Leopard (with a USB thumb drive and a pre-existing working Leopard OS)? for e.g. do both ways allow updates without issues? does one method has better driver (kexts) supports for hardwares than the other? is one method more stable than the other? is one method much simpler than the other?.......etc!

Please get back to me because I am very interested to find out before I decide.

thank you.

katie

bigpoppa
04-16-2010, 09:13 AM
Well, I prefer the retail setup. It depends on the hardware you have, but then I tailored my system to be closer to a Mac Pro anyway (Gigabyte ep45 board, nvidia graphics, etc.) You will get a more stable install that will leave the core installation virtually untouched which means it will survive software updates easier without having to modify anything. Of course, YMMV.

LaFemme69
04-17-2010, 09:32 PM
Well, I prefer the retail setup. It depends on the hardware you have, but then I tailored my system to be closer to a Mac Pro anyway (Gigabyte ep45 board, nvidia graphics, etc.) You will get a more stable install that will leave the core installation virtually untouched which means it will survive software updates easier without having to modify anything. Of course, YMMV.

'YMMV'???....anyways, thank you for your input. I've decided to try the retail. hopefully no problem with updating nor will updating will give problems.

thanx.

katie