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Thanks so much - I'll get the IOGear - that's what I want: no muss no fuss

I have started building a Hackintosh with an ASUS P8Z77-V mobo. Can anyone tell me if I will be able to use an external Magic Trackpad with Mountain Lion? Is it a USB connection? thanks

thanks miniITX for the response, but I guess I wasn't clear on my status. I don't have an apple and have never had an apple computer, nor an apple store account. I assumed I would buy the MountainLion from a physical apple store, but not sure if it is in USB or CD form. And I am worried there...

I want to build a hackintosh with this mother board too, use ivy bridge and HD4000 graphics and mountain lion. Draggard - I presume when you say you use HD4000 graphics, you don't have a separate graphics card installed, right? Which processor do you have? What form is the mountain lion...

(Jamesbond007) - I've got a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 mobo but am waiting couple months to build, for work travels, and hopefully for Mountain Lion and native Ivy Bridge / 4000 graphics suport. You said to update BIOS before installing Ivy Bridge processor on Z68 mobo. So if all I have is an Ivy...

Any advice at all for making the jump from PC's to Mac?

I'm accumulating the parts to build my hackintosh, and wondered if anyone has any suggestions for a book to help a long time PC user learn to use a Mac. I've liked the "missing manual" series in the past and see they have a "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition" book on...

After some more research, I have come to the following conclusions, and would appreciate confirmation, or not. (1) ISRT won't work on the mac side (2) ISRT isn't really a great idea, as using the SSD as cache with repetitive reads and writes may shorten its life (3) The best use of the SSD is...

I started buying the parts to make my hackintosh, and got great deal on a GA-Z68XP-UD3 from Newegg. Looking at the manuals online for it, there is one for the Intel Smart Response Technology (ISRT). According to this document, you should install the operating system on a mechanical SATA HDD...

Thanks Coupz - thought so, but wanted to be sure before making the purchase - gredhead

I won't actually begin building my hackintosh for a month or two, when I finish my current work project and return home. But I have begun buying parts, based on Newegg sales. I bought a GA-Z68XP-UD3 mobo, $126 with mail in $10 rebate, but will wait a little to get an Ivy Bridge processor for...

I am planning a new hackintosh with a Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 mobo. I have no apple experience yet. I see here on this forum that everyone appears to use separate video cards with this mobo. Maybe someone could enlighten me why, when this mobo has a display port capable of 2560 x 1600...

Thanks NFJ for your patient assistance. I'm not sure I'll really need the win7, just the fact that I can have both on one hackintosh and am leery of making the jump, I do want both on the machine. The main windows application not available on mac is Ecco Pro, and I have many megabytes of...

My priorities on my hackintosh are (1) most bang for the buck and (2) stability / reliability. It looks like X79 mobos will be very expensive, easily twice the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, with no obvious advantages, not even native USB 3.0. Did more research and only benefit I see of Z77 over Z68 is Z77...

Thanks - I continue refining my Newegg purchase list. I assume chances are that one would be compatible with new (Mountain Lion?) version coming out soon?

Planning a hackintosh with GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 mobo. Will a TP LINK TL-WN722N USB 2.0 wifi LAN adater work OK with this mobo and both win7 and mac osX? I have used this adapter on three win7 PC's with great results.

I'm not in a big hurry - could wait till summer to build hackintosh if worth waiting. Anyone know what advantages would be gained with new Z77 or Z79 chipset mobos over Z68? Likewise, any big new features on new intel processor line due soon, or is just speed/power?

Thanks, please be gentle and patient - I have no Mac experience yet, that is the goal of the hackintosh. I take it from response before, it is possible for me to partition a mechanical drive for a partition used by windows and a second partition used by osX, on the same drive? That would mean...

I've built about a dozen PC's with windows, and am about to start on a dual boot hackintosh, with mostly same hardware as discussed here. This thread is great, with most all the problems I've ever experienced in new builds discussed. Great idea to start up new system and check before putting...