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Guys, I have Thinkpad T410 running windows 7 ultimate.

I want to dual boot with OS X leopard.

I have tried various distros for only OS X leopard.. but did not go well.

I really want to dual boot so guys need your help.

Right now I have Snow leopard Retails dmg file. and other old distros.

Thanks for help in advance.

My config.

Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
Chipset Northbridge Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge rev. 02 Southbridge Intel QM57
rev. 06 Memory Type DDR3 Memory Size 4096 MBytes Channels Dual, (Symmetric) Memory Frequency 532.1 MHz (4:16) CAS# latency (CL) 7.0 RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 7 RAS# Precharge (tRP) 7 Cycle Time (tRAS) 20 Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 86 Command Rate (CR) 1T Memory SPD DIMM # 1 SMBus address 0x50 Memory type DDR3 Module format SO-DIMM Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000) Size 2048 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz) Part number HMT325S6BFR8C-G7 Serial number 04B01FA4 Manufacturing date Week 22/Year 10 Number of banks 8 Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts EPP no XMP no JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-15-20 @ 380 MHz JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 457 MHz JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-23-31 @ 609 MHz DIMM # 2 SMBus address 0x51 Memory type DDR3 Module format SO-DIMM Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000) Size 2048 MBytes Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz) Part number HMT325S6BFR8C-G7 Serial number 04701FA3 Manufacturing date Week 22/Year 10 Number of banks 8 Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts EPP no XMP no JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-15-20 @ 380 MHz JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 457 MHz JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-23-31 @ 609 MHz
Graphics Number of adapters 1
Graphic APIs API Intel I/O
Display Adapters Display adapter 0 Display name DISPLAY1 Name Intel® HD Graphics Memory size 128 MB PCI device bus 0 (0x0), device 2 (0x2), function 0 (0x0) Vendor ID 0x8086 (0x17AA) Model ID 0x0046 (0x215A) Performance Level 0
 
I hate distros as they have issues when you want to install Snow Leopard updates. Go here for the retail method as you have a proper SL disc: tonymacx86 Blog: iBoot + MultiBeast: Install Mac OS X on any Intel-based PC

This method is tried and test and works well! Good luck :)

Edit: Dual boot is not an issue as you'll install the chameleon bootloader which will let you choose the OS you want to boot into. However, big caveat being that you need to install SL on a different hard disk because of partitioning issues.
 
so hardware is not a problem these days.. I mean will all of my hardware be detected if I go by the link mentioned..

I am trying snow leopard in vmware as of now.. will try the one you mentioned as well later on..

anyone here who tried installing snow leopard on Thinkpad or T410 to be specific.
 
Nah, you may need to install separate drivers, called kernel extensions or kexts for short, on the mac for your LAN, sound, S-ATA controller and graphics card. That's the big issue with going the retail disc SL (also called boot132) way. However, as I mentioned earlier, big advantage being that you can install OS updates without a hiccup.
 
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