Apple knows how people think, work, and play. I’ve always admired the sheer usability of Macs. I make a living in the PC world, however, so I never had the time, inclination, or money to jump in to the world of Jobs. But after getting my feet wet with a virtual machine of Snow Leopard, I was left wanting more. What I found as I delved deeper into the community known as OSX86, was a way to get the Mac experience on PC hardware.

After a failed attempt to install OSX on a laptop, my desire to see Snow Leopard on my desktop intersected with the parting out of my old workstation. Ebay was kind, so I returned the favor by purchasing tried and trusted hardware for my PC/Mac, as follows:

The compatible important stuff:

• 2.66GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 920
• NVidia GeForce 9800 GTX (XFX branded)
• Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5

The other stuff

• Antec P183 Case
• Antec CP850 Power Supply
• Kinston SSDNow V Series 64GB SATA Solid State Drive
• Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 for Intel LGA 1366 4 Dual Heat-Pipe CPU Cooler

Stay tuned for the build, install, testing and conclusion!

TC