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What should i get to install retail snow leopard without hacking it

i want to build a macosx snow leopard machine where i just put the retail snow leopard and install without having to do anything... is that possible? I want an i5 with ddr3 memory... what motherboard? what chipset the mobo should come…

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@scofmb Published 2010-04-28
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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4,308 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2010-04-28 – 2010-05-06
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@scofmb@Imkantus

i want to build a macosx snow leopard machine where i just put the retail snow leopard and install without having to do anything... is that possible?
I want an i5 with ddr3 memory... what motherboard? what chipset the mobo should come with?
If thats not possible, what is the closest next thing to get?

Ezequiel

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1 technical responses curated from 2 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Imkantus 2010-05-06 ↳ Re: @scofmb
@scofmbi want to build a macosx snow leopard machine where i just put the retail snow leopard and install without having to do anything... is that possible? I want an i5 with ddr3 memory... what motherboard? what chipset the mobo should come with?

Late 2009 iMac is the only kind of machine that matches your hardware requierements and that is able to install OS X in the way you like it to be.

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@scofmbPrimary Author12010-04-28
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