Hi,

I own a HP Pavilion dv7-1070eb. Now it boots Windows Vista and Windows 7. After semester exams, I would like to dual boot Snow Leopard and Windows 7. I might eventually even try to triboot with Ubuntu. Now the first thing I want to find out, is whether my hardware is totally, partially or not at all compatible with MacOs. These are the specifications of my notebook:

System Model
Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC F.2A
Enclosure Type: Notebook

Processor
2,27 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo P8400
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded

Main Circuit Board
Board: Compal 30F4 99.A9
Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz
BIOS: Hewlett-Packard F.2A 05/20/2009

Drives
500,11 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
61,14 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500S ATA Device [Optical drive]

WDC WD2500BEVS-60UST0 [Hard drive] (250,06 GB) -- drive 1, rev 01.01A01, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD2500BEVS-60UST0 [Hard drive] (250,06 GB) -- drive 0, rev 01.01A01, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules
3040 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB

Controllers
IDE-channel [Controller] (4x)
Intel(R) ICH9M/M-E Family 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller – 2929

Display
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Display adapter]
General PnP-monitor [Monitor] (17,2")

Bus Adapters
Microsoft iSCSI-initiator
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C

Multimedia
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
NVIDIA HDMI Audio

Communications
6TO4 Adapter
↓ Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
↑ Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Other Devices
OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Microsoft AC-adapter
ENE CIR Receiver
Microsoft eHome-infrared receiver
HP Webcam
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard with HP QLB
Microsoft eHome Remote Control-keyboard
Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad [Mouse]
JMB38X MS Host Controller
JMB38X SD Host Controller
JMB38X SD/MMC Host Controller
JMB38X xD Host Controller


Anyway, thanks for your advice!

you need to change the WiFi link 5100 i was able to get a HP Broadcom 802.11n WiFi 4320 works great i had 10.5.8 install on my laptop hp dv7 for a year going to try 10.6.6 next weekend then try 10.7