Standard retail snowy won't though because it won't support sandybridge. On 07/04/2011, Ashley Cox <ashleycox...@googlemail.com> wrote: > it will run on that machine. > > jestures won't though. > > ash > > On 07/04/2011 08:44, Dickson Tan wrote: >> Hi >> >> Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn't a >> viable way for me to try out snow leopard and voice over. I'll give >> virtualbox a try and hope that I get better results. >> >> I would only try a duel-boot install of snow leopard using something like >> IHazard (which includes voice over) as a last resort; I haven't found out >> either way whether Snow Leopard would install on an Acer Aspire 4750G. I'm >> not sure how well snow leopard would react to the fact that I'm using a >> core >> I7 quad-core sandybridge processor, which includes an integrated intel HD >> Graphics 3000 chip. I wouldn't expect things like gestures to work even if >> I >> successfully get mac installed. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose >> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:40 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player >> >> This is against apples eula, even *if* you have purchased snow leopard. >> To get the dvd to boot, you'll first have to boot the vm using boot132, >> wait >> for some text to appear on the screen, eject the disk, insert snowy, >> complete the install potentially without voice over and then get audio >> plus >> some other things working post install. Its not something you'll be able >> to >> do on your own. >> >> It would probably be easier (But still not accessible) if you were to set >> up >> a duelboot depending on what computer you have at the moment. >> >> On 06/04/2011, Dickson Tan<dickson.j...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello All >>> >>> >>> >>> I've been thinking of trying out a mac lately, so I got the retail >>> version of the snow leopard dvd so that I can test snow leopard under >>> a vm in windows. I wanted to see if snow leopard was worth the >>> investment of getting a macbook. >>> >>> >>> >>> There are instructions on the net on how to install snow leopard into >>> a vm in VMWare Player and getting it to boot, but when I put the snow >>> leopard dvd into my laptop's dvd drive and try to launch voice-over >>> during the snow leopard install, I don't hear any sound. Either >>> voice-over doesn't start (which shouldn't be happening since I have a >>> snow leopard retail dvd) or there is problem with sound during boottime >>> in >> the vm. >>> >>> >>> Has anyone ever encountered such a problem before? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Dickson >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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